I have almost lost count of the number of times I and my fellow tax justice campaigners have been told over the last decade or
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Should the Church of England really be taking a lead from Lord Stephen Green?
A report in the Church Times – the organ of the Church of England – has been drawn to my attention. It says: A RADICAL
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UK government to quit Swiss tax abuse
As Reuters have noted this morning: State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland is preparing to offload the international arm of its Coutts private bank, separating it
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We always said Swiss banking was corrupt: now we know it’s true
Over many years I, and colleagues in the Tax Justice Network and elsewhere, said that offshore banking, and Swiss banking in particular, involved corruption. Now, as the
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Industrial scale corruption in Switzerland
As the FT report in an email this morning: Credit Suisse made false claims in US visa applications, conducted business with clients in secret elevators
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The Swiss tax agreement – £3.2 billion in a year has suddenly become £1.4 billion, at best
Famously the UK Swiss tax agreement was supposed to generate £3 billion of tax receipts this year. Even in June 2013 the OBR was saying
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Some of us said the UK – Swiss tax deal was full of holes from the start and now we know that’s true
Amongst the outcomes of yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee hearing in which HMRC were interviewed about their performance was the revalation that the UK – Swiss
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Wonga goes to Switzerland
The Daily Mirror has a story on Wonga this morning, reporting that: Payday lender Wonga has moved key parts of its business to Switzerland in
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Hartnett’s Swiss deal falls apart – as predicted
As the Mail reports this morning: George Osborne’s plan to raise billions from a tax raid on secret Swiss bank accounts has been cast into
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