I note that some press reporting of the new Action Aid tax report is suggesting that the use of tax havens by FTSE 100 companies may cost the UK up to £18 billion
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Action Aid has published a report today on the use of tax havens by FTSE 100 companies that builds on work originally done here. In
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Action Aid has a new report out this morning detailing the tax haven subsidiaries of FTSE 100 companies, building on work first done here. The full
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Does paying tax make people unhappy? Well it depends on the circumstances. If people pay tax and get no useful services in return they have
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The European Union is built on the basis of the idea that the free flow of capital between nation states without impediment placed in its way
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This is from Larry Elliott this morning and is a massively important insight (so apologies for borrowing it from a fellow member of the Green New
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A commentator on this blog has said today in response to my suggestion that RBS be nationalised that: the reason we find ourselves in the position we are, is
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