Budget 2016: Tories still fighting class wars
The numbers behind Osborne’s statement clearly show the failure of the Government’s strategy
Prem Sikka
Despite a parliamentary hearing Google’s tax deal remains opaque
Google hid behind the cloak of confidentiality and refused to provide any information about the deal
A solution to corporate tax dodging?
Unitary taxation has been used by the US for nearly a century
Why Google’s tax deal is unacceptable
Whatever deal has been offered to Google is probably already on offer to other giant corporations too
How can we end the UK’s fat cat culture?
Other countries have much better legislation to ensure income is distributed fairly
The Autumn Statement confirms that we are on a path of never-ending austerity
The government is seeking to reduce public expenditure to 36.5 per cent of GDP by 2020, a level last achieved in the depression era of the 1930s
Comment: The government’s double standards on trade unions look like class war
A comparison of the treatment meted out to trade unions and accountancy trade associations
OECD corporate tax proposals fall flat
Global tax reform should be handled by the United Nations rather than the OECD
Trade unions are being held to tougher standards than businesses or government
It is hard to see any economic or moral rationale for the legislation
Comment: Why we need a referendum on the monarchy
Britain is a secular and multicultural society, but such aspirations sit uneasily with the practices of the head of the state