Osborne introduces yet another tax loophole that will cost poor countries £4bn a year
George Osborne pushed through the Finance Bill last night without an amendment that mitigates the impact of a new tax loophole on developing countries.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Salmond must stop moving the goalposts on Scottish independence referendum
What should the society we want to build after the referendum look like? By Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Margaret Curran.
IFS: NHS budget squeeze set to last “at least a decade”
The NHS, which David Cameron promised was “safe in my hands”, faces a budget squeeze unparallelled in more than half a century.
Network Rail fat cats to trouser £1.7m in bonuses – as fares skyrocket 11%
Three Network Rail bosses, who already earn between £360,000 and £560,000, will receive £300,000 each in “golden handcuff” payments to keep them at the company.
David Cameron: Once enraged over rioters, now complacent over bankers
Last summer, rioters made the headlines; this summer, it’s criminal bankers. David Cameron exhibited great zeal for punishing the one, so why not the other?
More drama for Europe’s leaders as EU unemployment figures hit record high
Pressure is on the European Central Bank (ECB) this week after new statistics show unemployment figures are still rising across the European Union.
Syria: Chilling scale of Assad’s state-sponsored torture revealed
The chilling, frightening, inhuman scale of state-sponsored torture under the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was revealed today.
Cameron criticised for doing the “hokey cokey” over an EU referendum
Cameron is reluctant to call for an EU referendum but he is fully aware that he is losing supporters to UKIP.
Once again, hypocritical, deregulation-loving Osborne attacks Labour over bank regulation
George Osborne again sought to lay the blame for the banking scandal at Labour’s door today for lack of regulation – yet he had called for more deregulation.
Arrogant Osborne still refusing full banking inquiry – even as Diamond resigns
George Osborne again ruled out a full public inquiry into the scandal-plagued banking sector – even as disgraced Barclays chief Bob Diamond finally resigned.