William Keegan in the Observer said: For example, [the Conservatives] are viscerally opposed to a 50% top rate of tax, but such is the gravity
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Tax system penalises single income households
This is the shocking revelation from Grant Thornton (Mike Warburton) and the ACCA (Chas Roy-Choudhury) in the Sunday Times. The piece is written as if
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Revive shadow banking?
GillianTett says the fFinger of blame for the crisis we’re in points to shadow banking’s implosion . Her answer for the FT? Revive shadow banking.
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Polly Toynbee, hitting the nail on the head
Polly Toynbee has written what, for me, has been the most accurate post budget analysis I’ve yet seen. She said today: The two "truths" universally
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The European parliament makes its opinion on tax havens clear
It is reported that: All EU Member States should agree to exchange full information on interest earned on saving accounts by July 2014, says MEPs
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Budget 2009: £3bn raid on top earners’ pensions
Budget 2009: £3bn raid on top earners’ pensions buried in small print – Telegraph. If those 1% or so on the highest level of earnings,
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No place for the truth in critics’ war
This Is Guernsey for the Guwernsey press seems to like TJN: Predictably, but it was depressing nonetheless, the islands’ most vocal critic and a founder
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Geldof wants $5bn from IMF gold reserves for Africa
The Guardian has reported: The International Monetary Fund is facing intense pressure from a coalition led by Bob Geldof to set aside more of the
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Credit Suisse returns to profit
The FT notes: Credit Suisse surprised investors on Thursday with a sharp move into profit in the first quarter as investment banking restructuring began to
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