FT.com / Companies / Banks – RBS eyes 300 branches sell-off. We desperately need a People’s Bank in the UK – government owned, safe and
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My estimate of the UK VAT subsidy to the Isle of Man is £230 million a year. I forgot the £40 million defence subsidy. Others
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It’s a pretty depressing time for democracy. The Tories openly align themselves with neo-Nazi anti-Semites and homophobics. London lawyers openly attack free speech. The Association
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PWC and EY heavily implicated in unlawful privatization | AccMan . PWC and E&Y have both been heavily criticised for unethical conduct in Sri Lanka
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The world’s best tax haven. You don’t think of Israel as a tax haven? Oh yes it is. More at secrecyjurisdictions.com

The FT has reported: One in five hedge fund managers misrepresents their fund or its performance to investors during formal due diligence investigations, research from
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How to make excuses for your nasty friends ¬´ Bad Conscience. Paul Sagar tackles the Tories apologising for their far-right, Nazi endorsing, friends and allies
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This graph shows the forecast totals for government income and spending from each of the least seven year’s budgets (source HM Treasury web site): When
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If reports are right that the UK subsidy to the Isle of Man is to be cut by between £50m and £100m then the island
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