There was a telling exchange in written questions in the Commons yesterday: Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North, Labour) To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1)
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The following is from Christian Aid this morning I share it because I believe in what they’re doing and saying. ___________________ The scandal of world hunger could
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Occasionally an article just makes me sad for the state of humankind. This one in the Guardian did this morning: Labour party supporters increasingly believe that welfare recipients are undeserving
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David Cameron has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today in which he says: At the G-8 next month in Northern Ireland I will push for
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According to a report from Reuters: Austria will drop its opposition to the routine sharing of bank account data with its European Union partners as
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Jesse Drucker of Bloomberg has become one of the giants of tax journalism. His latest is out this morning and in it he argues: In
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There’s a very bizarre article in the Guardian from John Harris this morning, looking very like something that’s been fed to him from the Labour policy review. If it is, it’s very
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Earlier this year much play was made by HM Treasury that they would bar tax avoiding companies from public contracts. And now the FT reports: A company that has
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This is from Prof Paul Collier, currently an adviser to David Cameron on the G8 process, writing in the FT this morning: Spectacular “profits” from resource extraction
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