{"id":6647,"date":"2010-04-23T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T10:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=6647"},"modified":"2010-04-23T12:06:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T10:06:47","slug":"jerseys-warning-shot-over-man-who-may-be-next-uk-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/04\/23\/jerseys-warning-shot-over-man-who-may-be-next-uk-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey’s warning shot over man who may be next UK chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning shot over man who may be next UK chancellor \u00ac\u00aa Business \u00ac\u00aa This Is Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Jersey Evening Post says:<\/p>\n

A LONG-term critic of Jersey could be the next UK Chancellor, according to a former UK Treasury economist.<\/p>\n

An audience of finance professionals heard David Page predict that there was a strong chance that Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable would be Chancellor in a coalition government with Labour after the general election.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then it printed this picture:<\/p>\n

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with the caption:<\/p>\n

Vince Cable has repeatedly criticised the role played by offshore finance centres<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

well at least they didn't say:<\/p>\n

Vince cable has been known to meet Richard Murphy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although just for the record, he has.<\/p>\n

In fact he's even said in Parliament<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Richard Murphy, who has rightly been praised for his practical work on the matter, has estimated that HMRC is losing something in the order of \u00a318 billion specifically through tax havens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That should set some pulses racing down in St Helier.<\/p>\n

And probably even get a few cheques going George Osborne's way in the hope that he might just save them from the tyranny of Vince.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warning shot over man who may be next UK chancellor \u00ac\u00aa Business \u00ac\u00aa This Is Jersey. The Jersey Evening Post says: A LONG-term critic of
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