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Close the net on tax avoidance

Unite highlighted today (December 7) that the case for chancellor George Osborne “closing the net on corporate tax avoidance” is further reinforced with reports that... Read More

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Online tax cheats

Online retail giants such as Amazon and eBay are turning a blind eye to massive tax fraud happening under their watch – to the tune... Read More

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Tax justice

During spring 2016 the country was rocked by a leak from the Mossack Fonseca legal firm in Panama that exposed the shadowy and complicated network... Read More

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Tax cheat curb plans are useless

New plans to hit firms that sell tax avoidance schemes with heavy fines are useless – because the Tories have stripped HM Revenue and Customs... Read More

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The ‘Chancer-lor’ and the tax avoiders

The Google tax scandal reached new levels of absurdity last week when the tech giant’s president of European operations Matt Brittin told a parliamentary committee... Read More

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Tax credit cuts: Lords’ battle

Former chancellor Nigel Lawson is the latest among a growing group of senior Tory statesmen who have come out against the government’s plans to slash... Read More

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‘Vigorous’ case

Unite will be making ‘a vigorous and well-argued response’ to the consultation on the future of wholly owned subsidiaries (WOSs) set up by NHS trusts... Read More

Labour Party 2018

No more Carillions

Unite held a highly successful fringe meeting at Labour Party conference. The meeting titled ‘Ending Bandit Capitalism – No More Carillions’, looked at why... Read More

Labour Conference 2018

‘Ready to build the future’

Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell asserted that it was “time to shift the balance of power in our country” and “give people back control over... Read More

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Wonga collapses

Payday lender Wonga — which gained notoriety over the last decade for its aggressive debt collection practices, eye-watering interest rates and dogged tax avoidance —... Read More