George Osborne has claimed 0% inflation in the UK is good news this morning and that this wholly unintended circumstance is part of the Tory economic
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The Finance Bill 2015: an exercise in democratic failure
If you want to know whether UK politicians hold parliament in contempt or not then the evidence from today is pretty compelling. The Finance Bill
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Tax avoidance and the NHS – my report for Unite
My report for Unite the Union on tax avoidance in privatised suppliers to the NHS is now available here. As I say in the forward: If
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Ranting on non-doms
A clip from yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee hearing with Edward Troup (HMRC) about the 114,000 non-domiciled people living in the UK. This is a great, and
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Next Tuesday in Hebden Bridge
Reforming HM Revenue & Custom
To continue my series on necessary tax reforms I turn next to the vital reform that is needed of HMRC: _____________________ For archaic constitutional reasons
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The NHS, privatisation and tax avoidance
Because I was laid up with a really heavy cold over the weekend I did not blog an article featuring my work that was in
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The March Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
In the March 2015 Taxcast: Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting
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An accountant’s vision of Britain
Will Hutton said in the Observer yesterday: Campaigning on the doorstep for less debt is hardly the stuff to win hearts and minds. It is an
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