A friend of mine runs a holiday establishment. A man from the British Banker’s Association came in. When he’d left he’d annotated my friend’s Robin
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Here’s an amendment to the Finance Bill that should be discussed today (but sadly, you can be sure won’t be): Inquiry into a banking transactions
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According to Brendan Barber of the TUC: Increasing VAT in the budget will hit the poor more than the rich, have more impact on small
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FT.com / Global Economy – UK and France reject EU bank plan. As the FT notes: Britain and France were at odds with other European
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Merkel lines up transaction tax – Accountancy Age. Sentiment for a levy on financial institutions was stronger today after German finance minister Angela Merkel called
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Former J.P.Morgan Managing Director backs financial transactions tax | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC. Who says bankers don’t back financial transaction
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Yes, the message is simplistic. And some will not like the imagery. Well, I’m flipping uncomfortable with the current pattern of wealth distribution, and that
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IMF’s Strauss-Kahn casts doubt on transaction tax. Reuters reported: A tax on financial transactions to help pay for bailouts of failed banks would be difficult
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The Press Association: MEPs call for tax on rich banks. The PA reports: Euro-MPs have called for an EU “Robin Hood tax” on rich banks
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