The Times (firewall) has reported this morning that: The accountancy profession was thrown into turmoil yesterday after a High Court judge appeared to rule that
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381 of the biggest businesses in the UK tried to avoid £13.1 million of tax each in 2011-12
A fascinating parliamentary answer by David Gauke MP, the Exchequer Secretary responsible for HMRC to Michael Meacher gives an extraordinary insight into a number of
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BP is a model of failure: not a model for the civil service
According to the Guardian this morning: Lord Browne, the government’s lead business adviser to the civil serviceand former BP chairman, will call for a royal commission
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The Great Wall of Watford
Almost half the UK would support increased borrowing to create jobs – politicians please note
Labour List has reported: 47.7% of voters say that they would be happy to see higher borrowing if it meant higher spending on creating jobs
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Seminal book on tax havens now available as free download
I was really pleased to note this posting by Prof Sol Picciotto on the Tax Justice Activists Facebook page yesterday, so I share it here
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Just a hint of courage from MPs
From the FT: Dame Clara Furse, former London Stock Exchange chief executive, faced a withering critique on Tuesday as MPs sharply questioned her independence, qualifications and fitness
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My report on the EU tax gap
For some reason my report on the EU tax gap is down on the Socialists and Democrats site where it belongs. So for the time
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Will Jersey spoil Cameron’s party?
As the Guardian notes this morning: David Cameron has asked the senior ministers of all Britain’s overseas territories — including Bermuda, Jersey and the British Virgin
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