If those commenting on this blog were to be believed (and they should not be) the OECD’s preferred method of allocating profits between states allocates
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Before you think the NHS is killing thousands of people unnecessarily do a little reading
I tweeted last night that I was worried that the furore over supposedly unnecessary deaths in the NHS might be – as some academics warned Jeremy Hunt – an
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A zero tolerance approach to abuse
As many will know, trolling has reached new lows this weekend. I make no comparison between the abuse of feminist campaigners on twitter and
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What can we do to tackle tax abuse? A social science persepctive
I am speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy in the House of Lords this morning, discussing ‘what can policymakers do to
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Vince Cable fails to step up to the mark on beneficial ownership by asking corporate fraudsters to self certify their identities
The following was published by BIS this morning: WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT Rt Hon, Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State For Business, Innovation and Skills, DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION
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Since when was consensus a pre-requisite for change? A reply to the Fair Tax Mark debate
I noted on Friday that Economia magazine had published an exchange between me and Ben Saunders about the Fair Tax Mark, which is a project of which I’m a
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Why country-by-country reporting is the way forward from Lough Erne: my new Tax Analysts column out today
I made my debut in Tax Analysts this morning, arguing that as for as tax is concerned the real importance of the Lough Erne declaration was the support it
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The CBI want change to the tax system but not whilst they can still extract unfair benefit from the existing system
The OECD will be publishing its report to the G20 finance ministers ion how to tackle tax avoidance this week. There will be more of that anon,
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There isn’t a private sector jobs cure to our current ills unless increasing poverty is the desired policy goal
The TUC has explained why we’re in recession despite the unemployment not being as bad as expected: A new TUC reports shows that seventy-nine percent of net
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