So our Nickie has teamed up with the NEF to do one of their “Mythbuster” series. as you might expect this series doesn’t bust any myths, rather it proclaims them. Here’s the opening of the one on why tax competition isn’t important: A myth we’re repeatedly told is that a country must be “tax competitive” [...]
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Starbucks has paid only £8.6m income tax since 1998 on £3.1bn sales, thanks to reporting consistent losses. Cable said: “It is worrying and frankly a bit of a disgrace that Starbucks is a tip of the iceberg.” Pointing to similar arrangements among other multinationals with UK operations, he added: “They are taking a lot of [...]
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What bugs me here is these people not getting the implications of the very things they themselves are saying. Actors from black, Asian or other ethnic minority groups appeared in only 5% of the almost 35,000 TV ads screened in the UK last year, according to a report. The report by Clearcast, the body that [...]
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Some people. Complaining that halls of residence are being built for students in London. When I were a student in London we were all screaming that more such halls should be built, for you’d only be able to live in hall for one of your three years and even then you’d be sharing a bedroom. [...]
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