When news of the failure at the Fukishima nuclear plant was just breaking in March 2011 I wrote this: A nuclear power plant in Japan
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The missing part is the tax gap – video from the European Commission
The EU issued a new video yesterday on the tax gap. Called The Missing Part, click on the picture to view it, or click here:
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Tax, power and philanthropy
I have an article in the September edition of Alliance magazine – which is targeted at ‘philanthropy and social investment worldwide’. In it I discuss
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The Electoral Commission says the government’s lobbying bill is bad law that’s unenforceable and a massive burden on free speech
The Electoral Commission has published its commentary on the government’s lobbying bill this morning, which it will be responsible for enforcing. The commentary is damning,
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Dear Liz Truss, I’d love to believe you on the lobbying bill, but I don’t so please give me some specific advice
I have just received the following letter from Liz Truss, who is my MP, on the government’s lobbying bill: Dear Richard, Thank you for your
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Even MPs will be denied free speech under the government’s new lobbying bill. Totalitarianism, coming your way….
There is a new dimension to the worries about the government’s lobbying bill, being debated in parliament this week. This is, as the Guardian reports
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MPs vote on whether to end free speech this week – so it’s up to you to save democracy
Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights says: Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold
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Should the Public Accounts Committee investigate Vodafone? My answer is an emphatic ‘yes’
The FT argues this morning that Margaret Hodge should not investigate the Vodafone tax case even though I estimate that £12 billion will be lost
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How much tax has the UK lost on the Vodafone deal? At least £12 billion.
According to the FT this morning: Shareholders in Vodafone are set to receive one of the biggest ever payouts from a corporate asset sale, with the UK
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