As the Guardian has reported: The Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory, is to be put on an EU blacklist of tax havens, less than two
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Why is the UK still playing by EU procurement rules that no one else seems to think apply to them?
For the second time in a few days I want to share an editorial by Bew Wray from Common A.M., which is published by Common
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Freeports will hardly be a game-changer for the British economy
I have given some attention to freeports over recent weeks, but I admit much I learned on the issues has come from my friend and
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The FT is right that we need a decent tax strategy but assuming that we need a balanced budget is the wrong place to start
An FT editorial this morning has said that: Raising tax is always politically difficult. But Britain can no longer afford a delay. The proximate cause
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Why financial accounting for Scope 3 emissions is essential
I have written quite often about my ideas on sustainable cost accounting now. A fair number of comments have come in on it. Many, admittedly,
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BP is responsible for the oil it sells. No one else is. And on that basis it is clear it has no intention of being a net-zero carbon company
There has been a mass of media reporting this morning of BP’s supposed plan to become net carbon zero. The Guardian is amongst many to
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Pensions funds cannot deliver proper climate change reports without the data that sustainable cost accounting will supply
The FT has reported that: Pension schemes in the UK are to be forced to explain how millions of their members’ retirement pots will be
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How Johnson’s bridge to Ireland would work – for the benefit of the City of London
There is much discussion in the media on Johnson’s proposed bridge to Ireland. The focus is on whether it’s affordable. Or feasible. Or will achieve
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Scotland’s progressives have to win or its curtains for the SNP – however unlikely that looks to be right now
My friend Angus Brendan MacNeil, who is SNP MP for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles) and chair of the House of Commons International Trade
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