According to Accountancy Age: Accounting and professional services institutes require a better definition of ‘public interest’ if they are going to take a greater lead in tackling tax
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The Coalition’s NHS reforms reduced efficiency
I campaigned long and hard against the Coalition’s reform of the NHS. An academic study concluded I was the fourth most effective on line campaigner
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Inflation, please
I do not, by any means, always agree with Diane Coyle, but I do with this in the FT today: A quick and politically painless
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Abolishing the domicile would be the best indication of a commitment to tax justice in the UK
I highlighted the UK’s promotion of tax havens yesterday and was as a result asked if their abolition would be the best indication of a
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Kelloggs and the pervasiveness of tax avoidance
The Sunday Times reported yesterday that Kelloggs had said in its annual report that: Tax matters, including changes in tax rates, disagreements with taxing authorities
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Why is the UK still the hub of the tax haven world?
What do these places have in common?: Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Montserrat Turks & Caicos Islands
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Business leaders’ support for Tories is a threat to democracy
One of my occasional co-authors has been Andrew Baker from Queen’s University Belfast, whose work in the sphere of political economy I much admire. He
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Nick Hanauer on inequality
We don’t need ISAs to build houses
Rather depressingly the Guardian has reported that: A future Labour government would build 125,000 new homes over the next five years by harnessing £5bn from a
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