The FT brings welcome news this morning, noting that: US authorities are demanding JPMorgan Chase pay more than $6bn to settle allegations it mis-sold securities to government-backed mortgage
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As many readers of this blog will know I have been involved in the Tax Justice Network since its foundation. Of late I helped its
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There are three contrasting articles on the recovery in the Guardian this morning. The first is from Michael Meacher MP, who starts his article saying:
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As the FT notes this morning: It is fashionable these days to portray London as a nascent city-state, a world city pulling away in wealth and status from
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Christian Aid issued the following press release today: The majority of Britons (57%) believe that company owners should not be allowed to keep their identities
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I spent some time yesterday blogging about the government’s new Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill. It is therefore good to note
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I have long felt that politics should bring hope. It’s why I believe in the causes I do. Equality, peace, truth and sustainability are fundamental to
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dBBCHYcZs Wikipedia says of this song: “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” is a single by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released
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I have written today about the enormous threat to free speech that the government is intending to rush through Parliament in early September in the
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