If big business wanted to show its true colours ahead of the G8 it succeeded yesterday. As The Time (paywall) reports: David Cameron is facing
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Google – another country
The Guardian seems to have noted the theme on this blog suggesting that multinational corporations wish to float free from the constraints of government. So has Google.
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HMRC and the Big 4: the process of corporate capture of our tax authority has reached danger point
The Public Accounts Committee has spoken: the relationship between the Big 4 firms of accountants and HMRC is far too close and is a threat
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When the FT says austerity will fail all but Conservative strongholds what they really mean is the Tories are pursuing the politics of class warfare
The FT has launched an Austerity Audit today. The first part of the summary of its findings is stark: Cuts to welfare payments will hit the local
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The evidence is clear: lawyers, bankers and accountants run a web of corruption in tax havens
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has published a vast array of articles on offshore today, based on hundreds of thousands of leaked documents. The Guardian and
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Tax havens are tales of deceit and opacity leading to ruin
Those who support tax havens often argue that they are centres for freedom., They’re not, of course: they are centres of deceit, opacity and, for many, ruin. As
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The Tory programme of hate filled lies must prevail is the Easter message from the Telegraph
Today the Telegraph reported a government claim that 900,000 people had given up disability allowance claims because of the threat of medical examinations. The clear
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When a bank has to be ordered to adequately fund its anti-money laundering programmes what does it say about priorities?
I thought this was telling in the FT this morning: The US Federal Reserve has ordered Citigroup to improve its compliance with anti-money laundering rules, citing deficiencies
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The challenge of post tax haven Cyprus – and why, so far, the Troika has failed it
Cyprus is moving into unknown territory today, if not wholly by choice. The deal now agreed to close Laiki Bank and massively restructure the Bank of Cyprus will mean
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