Professor Mariana Mazzucato has an article in the Observer this morning in which she notes an argument that she attributes to the Tax Justice Network.
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Should the people who use tax havens be paying for the Hurricane Irma clear up in the British Virgin Islands and beyond?
Hurricane Irma has hit the British Virgin Islands. We know because Sir Richard Branson has been very keen to tell the world all about it.
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The BVI’s dirty secret is worth $1.5 trillion
The FT has published an article this morning noting a report prepared by the government of the British Virgin Islands that notes that at least $1.5
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The UK is responsible for regulation of financial services in its Overseas Territories
On 3 April Baroness Williams of Trafford, who is a Home Office minister, claimed in the House of Lords that: The UK is directly responsible
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Might the EU list the UK and its territories as tax havens after Brexit?
The Jersey Evening Post has reported: JERSEY could be left vulnerable to being blacklisted as a ‘tax haven’ by the EU as the UK’s influence
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The UK’s tax havens demand a say on Brexit
I was most amused to note this from the Independent: British-controlled tax havens have demanded to be given a central role in the Brexit negotiation
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Brexit means that the EU can rightfully turn on the UK’s tax havens
The Guardian reported last night that: Eight British overseas territories and crown dependencies, including Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, could face EU
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It’s time for Britannic Majesty to get a grip of the BVI
I have scoured the Anti-Corruption Summit documentation to see what the British Virgin Islands have committed to doing. The answer is nothing. Not a thing.
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David Cameron proves he is corruption’s friend, not its enemy
As the Guardian reported last night: Britain will not make fresh demands of its overseas territories to end tax secrecy at an upcoming anti-corruption summit,
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