Andrew Phillips, who sits in the Lords as Lord Phillips of Sudbury for the LibDems, joined us for the session of The People’s Parliament last
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The Big 4 and the City of London
As I mentioned on Saturday I spoke at a session of the People’s Parliament in a committee room of the House of Commons last night
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UK’s tax havens say they’re still dedicated to secrecy and abuse
This comes from the Cayman Compass: Fighting off last-minute overtures from the United Kingdom on the implementation of a public, centralized beneficial ownership registry for
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Your new doctor is advised by a tax consultant, recently from Luxembourg
Pulse is a GP focussed newspaper. In this week’s edition it notes that English hospital trusts are seeking to set up GP practices. But what
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Looking after Greece
To continue this morning’s macroeconomic and foreign focus, I share here (with permission) the macroeconomic briefing written by James Meadway of the New Economics Foundation
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We can’t afford an angry bear
The FT has reported this morning: Russia’s Central Bank has raised its main interest rate from 10.5 per cent to 17 per cent in the
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Burning our future – and risking our present too: why oil price falls demand action
The FT has a major feature on the impact of falling oil prices in the paper today. The term global warming does not appear. Nor
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Rightmove announce the Wrongnews if they want to be George’s best friend
Rightmove has, according to the Guardian, just announced the sort of news George Osborne will not want to hear. A report says: The average asking
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Should a tax exile be Sports Personality of the Year?
I didn’t watch Sport Personality of the Year last night. I was always pretty sure my choice, Jo Pavey, would not win. And the small
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