The FT reports this morning that: Bankers are sounding the alarm over interest-free credit cards, warning they are a “ticking time bomb” that could lead
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Oxfam shows that country-by-country reporting really does expose tax dodging
Oxfam has published a new report this morning on a survey it has done on the country-by-country reporting of Europe’s twenty biggest banks. I welcome
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It’s not by chance that the UK is the centre of corporate fraud: ministers chose to make it that way
The Guardian has today reported massive money laundering through UK banks: some $740 million is alleged to have be n illicitly laundered in the UK. Almost
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If only some of us had been listened to in October 2008
Will Hutton has an article in the Observer this morning in which he discusses the loss at RBS. The sub-heading is: Our economy is at
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It’s an unequal world
The Financial Transparency Coalition, who campaign for tax justice, have an interesting briefing out. There has been long held concern amongst campaigners that there is
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Ed Balls now agrees with me: there are big problems with the pretence of Central Bank independence
The FT reports this morning that: Ed Balls, one of the chief architects of UK central bank independence, has revisited his thinking on the issue
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Lloyds Bank: saved by the taxpayer to undermine tax revenues
This advert was on the Guardian website a few minutes ago: Lloyds Bank: saved by the taxpayer to undermine tax revenues. That’s a new definition
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The EU throws London a lifeline
Tne EU threw London’s financial community a lifeline yesterday when ten member states, inclduing France and Germany, agreed to draft a financial transaction tax. The
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Solving the Deutsche Bank crisis: a simple plan may be the only viable option
Markets are speculating that Deutsche Bank is insolvent. I cannot say but if it is then the risk is phenomenal. We have yet to get
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