It seems that come what may we will have a hung parliament on Friday. The constitutional position in the event of a hung parliament seems
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Tax justice, Quakers and corporate responsibility
I have this article in The Friend, the Quaker magazine, this week. I am a member of the Quakers: Tax justice Richard Murphy corrects some
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The speech I’d have made on the economy if I was Ed Miliband
It has become commonplace to moan about the fact that Ed Miliband and Labour have not defended their record from 1997 to 2010 becomes too
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Tories and LibDems to write their own obituaries
According to the Guardian tonight: Britain [is] set to face weeks of political paralysis after election The article is subtitled: Rebel Tories could block new
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Osborne committed in 2007 to leave the same amount of debt in 2010 as Labour did
I’m not sure there’s much to add to this: Except to note that Osborne was committed to leaving exactly the same amount of borrowing in
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The challenge to Jersey is much bigger than whether I was prescient or not
The debate I have seemed to provoke in Jersey with regard to its now impending financial crisis appears to be rumbling on. Jersey’s former finance
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Tax dodging should be considered when the government is spending
Unison Scotland posted this yesterday: New public procurement rules in Scotland should help tackle tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of
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HMRC threatened with legal action over HSBC tax ‘loopholes’
The online campaigning organisation Avaaz issued this press release over night: HMRC threatened with legal action over HSBC tax ‘loopholes’ *Avaaz calls for judicial review
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Green QE: a response to Frances Coppola
Frances Coppola, who is a well respected commentator on banking issues, has issued a response to my comment piece in Holyrood magazine on green infrastructure quantitative
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