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Strike!
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsTrade union leader Dave Prentis was on the radio this morning, while up to 2 million public sector workers are on strike protesting at cuts to their pensions, criticising the government’s approach to sorting out the public finances. Why should the poorest bear such a... -
Fair shares at the IMF?
Posted on 27/06/2011 | No CommentsConservative MP and leading critic of the EU John Redwood has complained on his blog about the cost of participating in the IMF bailout for Greece. He does not think that the bailout is working and should not be pursued by anybody, but if other... -
How corporate tax evasion can be tackled worldwide
Posted on 20/12/2010 | No CommentsLetter in the Financial Times, published 20 December 2010 Sir, Contrary to Michael Skapinker’s fears, a crackdown on corporate tax evasion can be delivered with something less than world government (“Companies face the people’s fury over taxes”, December 14). An international treaty to agree a... -
How to make companies pay tax
Posted on 17/12/2010 | No CommentsSaturday is a day of action by tax campaigners UK Uncut against companies that do not seem to be paying their fair share of tax. I have some reservations about the campaign even while endorsing the basic principle. A particular concern is the way that... -
EU taxes: who decides?
Posted on 11/08/2010 | No CommentsJanusz Lewandowski, member of the European Commission responsible for the budget, has floated the idea of introducing a new tax to finance the European Union independently of the member states. The tax base, that is, would be independent, not the decisions about whether and how... -
Where should non-doms pay tax?
Posted on 03/03/2010 | 1 CommentLabour and the Liberal Democrats are in uproar today over the news that Tory vice-chairman and major donor Michael Ashcroft is a non-dom, that is to say he pays tax in the UK as though he were a foreigner resident here but whose permanent home... -
Put People First: what does it all mean?
Posted on 27/03/2009 | No CommentsThere is a march through the streets of London tomorrow, convened by a loose coalition of NGOs, churches and trade unions, under the banner of “Put people first”. They will be gathering in the same part of London as the Federal Union AGM, at the... -
Gordon Brown gets something right
Posted on 27/01/2009 | No CommentsAmid the daily assaults on him in parliament and in the media, Gordon Brown can at least take comfort in some praise today on this blog. He is reported on the Daily Mail website (read the report here) as calling for effective international efforts to... -
How should EU vote on carbon emission levels?
Posted on 24/01/2008 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 24 January 2008 Sir, The proposal by the consultancy Europe Economics that the most cost-effective way of reducing carbon emissions within the European Union involves a tax “on the consumption of primary fuels in proportion to their carbon... -
Three subjects in search of a theme
Posted on 17/07/2007 | No CommentsDiscussion on 18 Doughty Street this evening ranged far and wide, but I kept trying to get a European angle into the debate. (18 Doughty Street is an internet TV station for discussing politics and I am invited on as the token pro-European, so I...
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