Why I think the tax justice movement is irresponsible to promote the transfer of responsibility for international tax agreements from the OECD to the United Nations
Thursday, December 16th, 2021I was, for reasons that are of no relevance here, asked in the last week to justify why I have described many organisations within the
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Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefing - what is a public interest entity?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021As I have noted previously on this blog, the Corporate Accountability Network, which I direct, is publishing a series of Audit Briefings that discuss the
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The Covid response suggests that Tory MPs now think that delivering death in the community is what politics is all about
Monday, December 13th, 2021We have, according to Boris Johnson, a national emergency. For once, I will not disagree with him. Omicron is creating a crisis with regard to
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Taxing multi-millionaires – an investment income surcharge
Monday, December 13th, 2021In a series of videos (the production of which has been delayed by Jack Lennon, my video editor, moving house) I am looking at practical ways
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A Guardian article on the threat from modern monetary theory was quite staggeringly wrong. This is the rebuttal.
Saturday, December 11th, 2021The Australian edition of the Guardian (available via the UK website) had an article yesterday that was headlined as follows: The author is described as
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As Downing Street parties the last vestiges of our democracy are being destroyed. No wonder they think they have something to celebrate
Friday, December 10th, 2021Whilst the government sinks into a mire of its own creation the FT is focussing on the legacy of its corruption in its editorial this
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A new chapter
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021I share this announcement from the Canadian based TaxCOOP made on Linkedin last night: The last link is here. My chapter is on tax and
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Why do we have dire public services in the UK? Could it be something to do with our refusal to pay for them?
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021When you’re asked why the UK has dire public services one entirely appropriate answer could be that we’re simply not willing to pay for them.
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Beating Covid is possible, but not with current economic policies
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021I was asked to speak at an event organised by the Zero-Covid Coalition last night. This group takes the epidemiologically logical approach that the only
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