I noted a report in the Independent yesterday about comments that the shadow chancellor, Chris Leslie, had made about why he called Corbynomics. These are,
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The FT notes this morning that: Buyers spent £1.8bn on land for property development in central London in the second quarter of 2015, according to
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The FT has noted today that with Barclays having announced the end of its global investment banking strategy there are no UK investment banks left.
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The FT reports this morning that: James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, said on Sunday that the government wanted to show the UK was not a
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Andrew Rawnsley’s columns in the Observer have not found much favour with me of late. Full of neoliberal angst at the rise of Jeremy Corbyn
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Yesterday I noted the anti-democratic nature of tax havens. I should have added that the UK is, of course, an active tax haven as well
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I took part in a BBC programme entitled ‘Why do Tax Havens Still Exist?’, broadcast this week. My argument was that tax was not the
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I am on holiday. I suspect that is obvious from the relative lack of action on the blog. In the process of going away I
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According to the Guardian: David Cameron will promise to act against corrupt foreigners who buy up luxury properties in the UK using secretive holding companies
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