The best outcome from Brexit is likely to be a SHIT deal
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018I was trying to explain our Brexit options to someone not quite convinced they were so limited last night. I ended up explaining that we
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VAT is regressive
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018I wrote a post making the argument that VAT is regressive in July 2010 because of the planned rise by the then new Tory government
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The Finance Curse: the new book from Nick Shaxson
Friday, October 5th, 2018Nick Shaxson, the author of Treasure Islands which is the most popular book on tax havens, has a new book out. This is the press
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The FT slams failings in UK company regulation but the question is whether the Tories will take any notice
Friday, September 28th, 2018The FT has noted in an editorial this morning that: Denmark and Estonia are in the spotlight over a money laundering scandal that saw billions
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Jersey's lacking substance
Monday, August 20th, 2018The Bailiwick Express, which publishes Channel Island news, has reported: A US sanctions-hit aluminium company linked to a controversial billionaire Russian oligarch accused of extortion and
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Poverty in Jersey
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018Jersey likes to suggest that it is a deeply successful finance centre where milk and honey flows for the benefit of all. That’s not true. As
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There's no surprise that the UK's tax havens fund the Institute of Economic Affairs. Who else would do their dirty work?
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018I share this from the website of Greenpeace Unearthed: A recent report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) pushing back against a crackdown on
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UK to adopt new, stricter, anti-money laundering laws
Saturday, July 28th, 2018Because I have been away (even if blog activity did not entirely reflect that fact) I have missed a few key events in recent days.
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Who will have quit the Cabinet by Monday?Â
Thursday, July 5th, 2018Tomorrow is the day when May has to decide. The can is surely running out of road. By Saturday morning she has to be able
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