The Scottish parliament has published a report on its devolved taxing powers and how to tackle abuse. It looks like the parliament has adopted a
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You can’t deny to Scotland what is being held out as a tax promise to Northern Ireland
The Guardian has reported that: The battle over the Scottish government’s plans for Scotland to share the pound after independence intensified sharply on Wednesday after the governor
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How did Danny Alexander end up in government?
I thought this from an FT email this morning quite amazing: Treasury gives debt pledge on Scotland: The UK Treasury will on Monday assume full responsibility
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Memo from the Treasury: Democracy is fine unless it is for Scotland
This, from the Guardian, is quite shocking: The Treasury has warned that it could refuse to agree a formal currency union with an independent Scotland unless Scottish
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Time for Scotland to stop buying from tax dodging companies
I was pleased to get this press release this afternoon: UNISON Scotland today urged the Scottish Government to ban companies involved in tax dodging from
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The Scottish government is living in La-La Laffer Land
John Swinney, Scottish Finance Minister issued a press release today saying: “Scotland needs full control of the key economic levers to meet the specific challenges
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Unite Scotland – Economic Brief – Corporation Tax
Unite published the following briefing written by me on corporation reform tax in Scotland this afternoon: What is corporation tax? Corporation tax is the tax due on a company’s
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Scotland starts move towards beggar they neighbour tax policy from which only large companies will win
As the BBC in Scotland have reported: The Scottish government is to unveil its plans on taking control of corporation tax. Finance Secretary John Swinney
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The Scottish Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility is a right wing front for tax cuts
The Scottish Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility is a new organisation, launched this month. It says of itself that it: is an independent, non-party political coalition As far as
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