I guess it was going to happen one day. Someone called Andrew Brooks has taken offence at my comments on the decision of the UK
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A seven day plan pre the G20
I’m blogging from the House of Commons where I am speaking at a meeting organised by PCS and War on Want on tax justice. I’ve
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Where on earth in the Sunday Times
The new report by the Tax Justice Network, mentioned here yesterday was in the Sunday Times today. They noted: This weekend a new study reveals
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Principles should overrule profits
A good letter in the Guardian today from one of my co-authors of this report: Given that the "gagged" Barclays documents are now widely available,
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That’s the way to do it
From the New York Times: The House overwhelmingly approved on Thursday a near total tax on bonuses paid this year to employees of the American
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Barclays: the judiciary preserves the status quo
As the Guardian has noted this morning: The Guardian today lost a high court challenge to lift an emergency gagging order imposed on the publication
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Vantis – did they get away with it?
The Times reports: Has HM Revenue & Customs backed off from an investigation into a controversial but widespread form of tax avoidance, involving the use
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Barclays – what to do – 4 – a general anti-avoidance principle
I’ve been discussing how to tackle Barclays Bank’s tax abuse. I’ve suggested we need a change in the way we interpret tax law. This would
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Barclays – people are getting angry
I have had a wide range of people telephone me during the course of this afternoon and evening. Many are journalists. Some are amongst those
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