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Value for money? Watchdog turns focus on Atos - the firm that tests people claiming sickness and disability benefits
Friday 02 August 2013
Atos Healthcare has been paid £754m for the tests since 2005
Corporate avoidance ‘undermining’ tax system
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Britain faces a “serious problem” of corporation tax avoidance, caused by overly complex rules and companies doing their utmost to shift their liabilities abroad, a committee of peers has concluded.
Nick Clegg under pressure from Lib Dem activists over 50p top rate of income tax
Monday 29 July 2013
Nick Clegg is under pressure from Liberal Democrat activists to pledge to bring back a 50p rate of tax on income over £150,000 a year even though he wants to keep the current 45p rate.
US drug company pays premium for tax haven with $8.6bn Irish takeover
Monday 29 July 2013
Michigan-based Perrigo expected to move to Republic of Ireland HQ after acquiring pharmaceuticals maker Elan
Fifty Shades hotter? London Fire Brigade blames 'mummy porn' for rising number of handcuff incidents
Monday 29 July 2013
Fire fighters have linked increasing call-outs to people trapped in handcuffs to the popularity of books such as EL James' "mummy porn" trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey.
Matthew Oakeshott: Keeping mortgage rates low places a ticking time bomb under the housing market
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Midweek View: Britain needs to build far more affordable rented homes to boost growth and create jobs now, not in 10 or 20 years’ time
John Prescott's fire centre 'folly' still costing taxpayers millions
Tuesday 23 July 2013
MPs attack Coalition for failing to shut down failed £482m project for regional command posts three years after it was scrapped
Crackdown on disability benefits costs taxpayer £66m in appeals costs
Sunday 21 July 2013
Appeals bill soars over claims Atos ‘is getting more decisions wrong than ever before’
Tories would cut taxes after 2015, says David Cameron
Sunday 21 July 2013
David Cameron has indicated he intends to cut taxes if the Conservatives win the next election – but admitted he may not be able to prevent a rise if the economy deteriorated.
Government's welfare benefits and tax changes amount to 'speeded-up Thatcherism'
Sunday 21 July 2013
The economy may be growing, but inequality is rising more quickly than in 1980s, report warns
Hamish McRae: Power balance shifts to the private sector and away from governments
Sunday 21 July 2013
Economic View
Corporate tax avoiders face global crackdown
Saturday 20 July 2013
New global rules to force tax avoiders to “pay their fair share” will be introduced under a 15-point action plan launched by the OECD yesterday.
Google surprise setback as UK sales start to slow
Saturday 20 July 2013
Google has suffered a surprise slowdown in the UK, with revenues falling for the first time in eight quarters.
G20 think tank plans global crackdown on coporate tax avoidance
Friday 19 July 2013
New global rules to force tax avoiders to “pay their fair share” will be introduced under a 15-point action plan launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) think tank today.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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