BVI account-holders exposed, tax justice campaigner Richard Murphy vindicated
The Guardian has some quite astonishing news today, exposing thousands of people using offshore accounts who hold ‘anonymous wealth’. A…
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BySimon de Pury: Blank Canvas
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ByTelegraph: French Budget minister Jerome Cahuzac admits to secret Swiss bank account
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We have a client ’ impossibly rich ’ his wealth stretching to such a sphere that it becomes incomprehensible to…
ByLove on the Rocks
The reason I will never go back to the Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat is sentimentality, stabbed with romantic nostalgia…
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ByWealth Briefing: Credit Suisse to sell JOHIM
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ByThe Government's Dangerous Food Stamp Scheme
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ByNaming and Shaming Tax Avoiders Won't Work
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ByHow to Survive a Family Easter Holiday
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ByChris Grayling milking the litigious rich doesn't make up for him cutting Legal Aid
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ByThis government loves taxation without explanation or consideration
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