The failure of zero /ten is entirely the Crown Dependencies’ fault
Monday, January 11th, 2010A commentator on this blog has said, referring to the UK’s requirement that the Crown Dependencies drop their zero / ten tax proposals, and quoting
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Myth: We need to pay high salaries to attract and retain talent in the UK
Thursday, December 17th, 2009The following is from the New Economics Foundation report entitled A Bit Rich: Myth: We need to pay high salaries to attract and retain talent
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£3bn mistake in George Osborne's budget plan
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Revealed: £3bn mistake in George Osborne’s budget plan | Politics | The Guardian . We all make mistakes, of course. But I’d have thought Osborne
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Turks & Caicos proves UK secrecy jurisdictions are under British control
Saturday, August 15th, 2009BBC NEWS | Politics | UK imposes Turks and Caicos rule. The UK has imposed direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands after an
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Offshore Havens Doing Their Best Despite Criticism!
Friday, June 26th, 2009Offshore Havens Doing Their Best Despite Criticism!. [M]ost offshore tax havens are doing their absolute best to comply with exchange of information requests for example,
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Fining big company finance directors is fair
Thursday, May 21st, 2009The Times notes: Eight in ten of Britain’s biggest companies are set to clash with HM Revenue & Customs over new rules to hold finance
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Complete failure of duty
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008I have looked at what was announced yesterday with regard to the management of the government’s investment in the UK banking system. Let’s summarise what
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Time to reflect
Monday, October 27th, 2008Sometimes one has to take time to reflect. The last month or two have been furiously busy. I have travelled too much (not always apparent
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Bring back cool reasonable voice of Keynes
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008In the FT, from my Green New Deal colleague Ann Pettifor: Sir, Your editorial “In praise of free markets” (September 27/28) conflates regulation of trade
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