Osborne allows tax avoiders to get away with murder – while you pick up the tab
Multinationals are using overseas subsidiaries to avoid paying tax – George Osborne is relaxing the rules to make the shifty manouevre easier to perform.
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Individual electoral registration is not the answer to electoral fraud
Ros Baston explains why the coalition government’s Individual Electoral Registration plans are not the answer to electoral fraud.
Vote 2012: A Lab-SNP draw in Scotland, and a “frontlash” towards Labour in Wales
Ed Jacobs looks at the press reaction to Thursday’s local elections in Scotland and Wales.
Vote 2012: The six-month battle for the Bristol Mayoralty begins
Amanda Ramsay reports from Bristol on the city’s “yes” vote for an elected Mayor in Thursday’s referendum – the only city to vote in favour.
Top civil servant accused of being “SNP lacky”
The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has branded the country’s most senior civil servant an “SNP lacky”, reports Ed Jacobs.
Vote 2012: Midlands battlefield opens up for Labour
The key Midlands battleground for the general election saw some encouraging results for Labour in the local elections last night.
Vote 2012: Did Cameron’s arrogance lead to “no” votes in elected mayor referendums?
Amanda Ramsay reports on the “no” votes in elected mayor referendums in Bradford, Coventry, Manchester and Nottingham.
Vote 2012: The Expectation Game
Polls have just closed in the various elections and referendums across Britain; Britain Votes’s Tom Harris marks your card for the night and day ahead.
Vote 2012: Voting is a duty, not a right
Voting is a duty, not a right, writes Richard Darlington, head of news at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
Will the denizens of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield say ‘yay’ to an elected Mayor?
Amanda Ramsay heads to West Yorkshire to see if the residents of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield will vote for an elected Mayor in referendums today.