New analysis of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas suggests that the combination of tax giveaways by the government, and aggressive avoidance by multinationals,
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Oxfam has been making some appropriate noise over the last few days on the international tax abuses that are being hidden from view behind Scottish
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If I was Scottish (and a far as I can tell there’s not a hint that I am) I would be livid at what happened
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For those who can get behind the Times paywall (and I am not sure if this article is ring fenced by it or not) a
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The Scotsman carries a story today that says (amongst other things): THE man credited as being the author of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policy
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I saw some friends last night. The situation in which it arose is far from political: I do not spend my whole life isolated from
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As the FT has reported: The Conservatives will ban Scottish MPs from having a deciding vote on any changes to the rates of income tax
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This blog by me has just been posted by Holyrood magazine in Edinburgh and is reposted here with permission ——— Paul Johnson of the Institute
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The FT has some hysteria in its pages this morning, reporting that (and I quote extensively for good reason):I added the emphasis, and for good
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