It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Tax haven UK is on its way
Saturday, December 26th, 2020The Brexit deal’s arrangements with regard to tax are surprisingly limited, unless they relate to VAT and imports and exports. As far as I can
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There will be dancing in the UK's tax havens this Christmas
Thursday, December 24th, 2020This comes from the government’s analysis of its Brexit deal, leaked this morning to Guido Fawkes (quite deliberately, I am sure): There will be much
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Could better audits have helped save Arcadia?
Monday, November 30th, 2020This blog began in June 2006. In that same month I wrote about the activities of Sir Philip Green. I had just taken part in
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The UK government said it could not legislate for Jersey to stop tax abuse and corruption, but apparently it can when it comes to fishing
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020The UK government always said it could not legislate for Jersey. And so it said it would not intervene to stop tax abuse and corruption.
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London and Jersey: still planning to fleece developing countries for money they should not be paying
Monday, September 7th, 2020Time was when I spent much of my time looking at shady finance in developing countries. Now I do so closer to home. But that
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Systemic racism and tax justice: the Taxcast for July 2020
Friday, July 24th, 2020In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast we bring you part 2 on how tax justice can help address systemic racism in
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Don’t doubt that austerity is an option
Friday, June 12th, 2020The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday that: MINISTERS have been tasked with finding significant savings in departmental budgets to help deal with the financial impact
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One per cent of Jersey's population took part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration
Monday, June 8th, 2020I am known as a critic of Jersey. But that is unfair. I love Jersey – it’s a fantastic place. I have been a critic
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