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The near collapse of development talks in Ethiopia left campaigners angry, but they have more irons in the fire.
In his budget, George Osborne said that we are all in this together. A look at the evidence shows that we’re not.
Despite the announcement of a living wage, less well off families are actually set to be worse off.
Instant reaction from academics as George Osborne delivers his post-election budget.
Commitments made at election time have a habit of tying the Chancellor’s hands come budget day.
If Scotland gets control over its tax arrangements, transfer pricing within the UK will be a big problem - the amber nectar is a classic case in point.
It’s no secret that Peter Costello doesn’t give a high mark to the Abbott government, and every now and then he uses his column in News Corp papers to call it out.
The dawn of online government is supposed to help transfer power to the masses. But measures introduced last month look more like a state embellishing its power.
In launching its national “conversation” about tax reform, the Abbott government is caught between the policy imperative of “leading” and the political requirement of “listening”.
The political to-and-fro after George Osborne’s budget failed to ignite political imaginations. Maybe because all parties are struggling to rationalise the hole government coffers.
For five years the Chancellor has sought to invigorate returns on investment for businesses, but the pay off is yet to materialise.
British tax rules mean it makes more sense to knock a good house down than make changes which will sharply cut national emissions.
As HSBC suffers under the scorching spotlight of public scrutiny once more, it is fair to ask why the banking group so often finds itself at the heart of the action.
The revelation on the BBC and in the Guardian that British bank, HSBC, the second biggest in the world has allegedly helped UK residents sidestep taxes through a Swiss subsidiary should really come as…
Refuting the charge that he opposes “green crap”, George Osborne has become a recycling champion. His Autumn Statement is built on re-announcements of existing projects (including the £15 billion road…
Not too long ago, cynics were wondering if David Cameron’s fears over the global economy were a ploy to shift blame for any flaws in the UK’s performance as we near the May 2015 general election. However…
Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson has said that plans for tax reform must highlight medium-term economic payoffs, avoiding the “zero-sum” focus of recent debates, if they are to be successfully sold…
The evidence is mounting about how regressive the UK tax system has become under the coalition government. Our work for the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) highlighted how those…
People can raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests and give subsidies, grants and preferential loans as a welcome to corporations, but the companies themselves don’t have any loyalty to communities…
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