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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 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

Labour Conference 2018

‘Eroded day by day’

The dire threat posed to health visiting in the UK has long been highlighted by Unite – and today (September 26) Unite delegate Joyce Still... 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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Trouble in Paradise?

An explosive data leak – one of the largest of its kind, containing more than 13m documents – showed the extent of tax avoidance among... Read More

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Invest in HMRC call

Britain’s richest people seem to be getting preferential treatment from the taxman and are not being properly pursued for their outstanding tax bills, according to... Read More

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Taking a bite out of Apple

The European Commission (EC) has taken a bite out of Apple by ordering it to pay the Irish government up to €13bn (£11bn) in back... Read More

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The case for hope

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell yesterday (May 17) addressed young people at the TUC, as he outlined Labour’s case to back Remain in next month’s momentous... Read More

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TTIP: ‘Real and serious threat’

The government has repeatedly dismissed fears that an EU-US trade deal, currently being negotiated in secret, would threaten the National Health Service. Critics have... Read More