Just saying
Friday, February 14th, 2014The FT notes this morning that: The Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Jersey are among 42 countries that have agreed to pioneer a tax transparency regime in another milestone
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An empty property tax: my 2009 proposal for the TUC needs to be revisited
Monday, February 3rd, 2014It’s more than four years since I wrote the following blog, but it seems to me that it is as relevant as ever, which is why I repeat it
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Tax haven UK attracts Fiat's new filing cabinet head office
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014Reuters has reported that: Fiat said on Wednesday it would register the holding of its newly created Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group in the Netherlands and
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Cayman's economic model is bankrupt - and people in Cayman are saying so
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014If one believed all the PR that comes out of tax havens all is sweetness and light in these places and the land is flowing
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It’s time to address the finance curse
Monday, January 20th, 2014Dr Atul Shah is a senior lecturer in accounting & finance at the University Campus Suffolk. A long time supporter of tax justice, he has
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Sark's woes reveal something much more significant, which is UK complicity Crown Dependency abuse
Thursday, January 16th, 2014The Guardian and other papers report concerns about good governance in Sark this morning, based on a report published by the House of Commons Select
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Sea change moments and post-crash political economy
Monday, December 16th, 2013A political economist I much admire, and with whom I have co-authored, is Andrew Bake at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has a new post on
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Was Thatcher a non-dom? It would explain the house held by an offshore trust
Monday, December 2nd, 2013As the Mirror reported this weekend: Flag-waving former PM Margaret Thatcher may have avoided millions in inheritance tax by keeping a chunk of her fortune
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Could the Gagging Bill be the tipping point where people say no to neoliberal politics?
Thursday, November 7th, 2013The Gagging Bill on the UK’s charity and NGO sector was ‘paused’ in the House of Lords on Monday to avoid an almost inevitable defeat
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