It seems almost certain that the government will announce legislation to abandon the Brexit Northern Ireland protocol in the next few days. No coherent lawyer
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The FT reports this morning that: Ministers made a last-minute decision to withdraw plans to force big UK companies and asset managers to disclose their
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It feels like only a week or so ago that trolls were all over this blog suggesting that I was wrong to say that the
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It is very hard to explain how bad the Queen’s Speech was. The general presumption is that the government is competent. As a result anyone
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Yesterday’s state opening of Parliament looked like the last gasp of a dying era. The absence of the Queen made it clear that it is
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I addressed a meeting of the European Parliament sub-committee on Tax Matters today, addressing the issue of how Russian oligarchs abuse tax systems to avoid
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This Bill is noted in the Queen’s Speech briefing: Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve been campaigning for audit reform for a
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Prince Charles and Prince William are presenting the Queen’s Speech today in their role as Royal Commissioners. There are two either Commissioners. One of them
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