There is a surreal air to this morning. Osborne wants to sell Lloyds when it remains a bank out of control. There’s enthusiasm for the appointment of
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The FT reports this morning: Deloitte has agreed to a one-year suspension from soliciting new consulting work from hundreds of financial institutions and will pay
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This was my view of Cameron at his press conference, yesterday. Plenty close enough for comfort. Plenty close enough to be noticed. Plenty close enough
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The G8 communique does, I admit, feel like a minor personal triumph. In its paragraph 25 it says: Comprehensive and relevant information on the financial
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This is the G8 Summit declaration with my comments between the quotes: LOUGH ERNE DECLARATION Private enterprise drives growth, reduces poverty, and creates jobs and
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It looks very likely that the G8 is going to be a failure for Cameron – not least on tax. Everyone is expecting me to be down
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This is the UK action plan from the G8 summit on beneficial ownership. My comments are embedded between the quotes: UK Action Plan to prevent
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One of David Cameron’s main aims for the G8 has been to get central registries of the beneficial ownership of all companies and maybe trusts.
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Polly Toynbee makes a powerful argument on tax this morning. It’s worth reading in full, but since since she quotes me, let me quote in
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