Will the Tax Haven review have any meaning?
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I gather that the recently announced review of UK tax havens is to be run by Michael Foot, a former Bank of England and FSA
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No one has risen to the challenge
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I have had very large numbers of comments from secrecy jurisdictions, and the Isle of Man in particular, over the last few weeks. So on
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The critical question that Jersey Guernsey and the Isle of Man must answer
Friday, November 28th, 2008Alastair Darling has announced his independent review of British offshore financial centres. Over the last few weeks traffic on the site from Jersey, Guernsey and
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Jersey swings left
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Jersey had an election yesterday. As the Jersey Evening Post has reported: THE Jersey Democratic Alliance scored the biggest success for party politics in 60
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Jersey begins to sink
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008This article is from the Jersey Evening Post. It is significant, so I reproduce a lot of it: JERSEY’S finance industry has weathered the autumn
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The future of Jersey
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008I was on BBC Radio Jersey this morning (no link yet) – replying to deputy Chief Minister Terry le Sueur, who was welcoming the government’s
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Holding our tax havens to account
Monday, November 24th, 2008The Pre Budget report press pack says: The Pre-Budget Report today announces a review into the long-term opportunities and challenges for the UK’s crown dependencies
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Get lost Senator Walker
Friday, November 21st, 2008Vince Cable has treated Senator Frank Walker of Jersey with the respect he deserves. According to a Jersey Evening Post report: LIBERAL Democrat Treasury spokesman
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Jersey needs to realise words are not enough: it's action that counts
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Fascinating how an idea can permeate fast. It is only this year that the Tax Justice Network began to seriously promote my definition of a
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