The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is by far the biggest sponsor of my work. They have a vacancy available at present and I suggested I’d lend
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Policy Network singing the City of London’s tune
There are times when I despair of the left and supposedly left wing think tanks. My current despair is the result of work by the
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Thanks to International Tax Review who’ve named me the 7th most influential person in tax
The last thing I expected when starting work on tax abuse was public recognition for that work. If I had then I would have been
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£20.6 bn of fraud losses to the government – and that’s before the tax gap
The BBC has reported on the government’s new accounts (which I have yet to look at in detail) and noted that: The committee said the
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The whiff of corruption remains in the extractive industries
The FT has noted this morning that: A letter from the Central Bank of Nigeria suggests that the state oil company has failed to account for nearly
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Tax, power and philanthropy
I wrote yesterday on tax and charity, mentioning that the article I republished then had been written for Alliance magazine but had not eventually published. A different article was published by them under
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Tax is for life, not just for Christmas
I gave a lecture at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University last night using the above title. I often post my
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Worstall’s always one behind
Ivan Horrocks asked about my blog ranking this morning, which spurred me to look at ebuzzing as I hadn’t for ages. This is the December
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Every day large numbers of lawyers are proven to be wrong
Dealing with commentators on this blog reminds me of a story I was told a long time ago, I think by my father. Every day
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