A Robin Hood Tax – a financial transaction tax – is back on the agenda thanks to the EU, and rightly so. I wrote about
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Jersey’s proud to say it’s the number one place for hiding your money
As the Jersey Evening Post says today: JERSEY is now ranked in the top ten worldwide locations for providing wealth management and private banking services.
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Angela Eagles says Labour would not have signed a tax deal with Switzerland
I was on a panel at a fringe meeting with Angela Eagle , Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. When asked about the reecent UK – Swiss
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The EU say ‘get on with the new European Union Savings Tax Directive’
As Europolitics reports: In a surprise move, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso personally joined the combat the Union is trying to lead against tax
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Good business – what it really means
Ed Miliband has announced himself in favour of good business. I am delighted he has. So am I. It’s astonishing that some are saying that
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Miliband must stop spreading myths about benefit claimants
Tim Nichols of the Child Poverty Action Group wrote this sitting next to me in Liverpool yesterday so I borrow it with his permission from
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Good business – reflections on Ed Miliband’s speech
Before leaving Liverpool there’s time for some thoughts on what Ed Miliband said yesterday. Like many I thought Ed Miliband proved he’s not a man
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‘Tick the box’ was no accident – this was tax abuse by design
As the FT notes this morning: A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for US companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax
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Are there any solutions to market abuse?
Clive Peedell is one of my new heroes. He’s a consultant clinical oncologist. He’s also on the British Medical Association council. And he’s done some
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