It is well known the the UK is the hub of the world’s tax haven network. It’s not just the City of London, of course.
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Ten reasons why freeports are a bad idea
I was asked yesterday if I might be available to discuss freeports on the media and what my ‘top lines’ would be if I did.
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Why Freeports are a terrible idea
The government is proposing that there should be at least ten new freeports in the UK. These were so useless the last time that they were
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Jersey says it isn’t a tax haven, but there again, every tax haven says that
I noted a few days ago that the European Parliament has voted to include Jersey on the EU’s tax haven blacklist. That does not add
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Scotland is going to get its own version of Sleazeports
I have long been an opponent of so-called freeports, which are the onshore version of tax havens that the Westminster government wants to introduce into
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Would 35% of people tax evade if there was a wealth tax?
I was sent a press release saying this yesterday: A survey of 885 UK investors has revealed their sentiment towards the UK government’s proposed “wealth tax”.
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Just as the UK announces it plans to be a tax haven it has to announce an investigation into corruption on the British Virgin Islands
I mentioned this morning the confirmation that the UK government has made that it plans to turn the UK into a tax haven. I made
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Now it is official: we are to become Singapore-on-Thames
The Times has reported this morning that: Boris Johnson will hold talks with business leaders today about cutting red tape as ministers draw up plans
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