With apologies for there being quite a lot by me in there, but it’s well worth watching.

The EU has today issued a new policy statement on tackling tax evasion and avoidance. I warmly welcome it. The press release says: “Around one
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This paragraph is in the Autumn Statement: Now this does not say why they’re doing this. But it’s my bet that eBay and PayPal are
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There are occasions, I admit, when I wonder just how far apart people can be and still think they have some affinity for the same political ideas. Tonight
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This letter was in the Guardian this morning: The Guardian’s investigation into offshore secrecy highlights a significant problem that is global in its impact. Developing
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I’ve now watched last night’s Panorama. I found the editing a little annoying. I think the investigation diligent and accurate. I have worked on the issue of tax
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As the Guardian notes this morning, the British Virgin Islands are a land of sand, sea and secrecy. That’s because the microstate is now the world’s biggest
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This is from 2009, but as important today as it was then: Ivan Pictet, president of the Geneva Financial Centre, has been actively promoting bank
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Offshore corruption exists. The veil of secrecy that it provides – that lead to me describing these places as secrecy jurisdictions – is designed to hide abuse, whether of
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