Don’t believe their latest piece of spin – the Tories will never reform our rotten corporate culture
The government’s latest green paper tries to give the impression of a strong response to a tide of corporate abuse – don’t hold your breath.
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Is council tax the new poll tax? Here’s why it’s so regressive and what we replace it with
Property wealth has risen by 300% over the past 40 years while annual property taxes have fallen by 0.3%.
Carillion collapse: here’s how much corporate undertakers could make from the liquidation
The failed company’s liquidators – who already took £21m for advising the firm – could take hundreds of millions in fees.
These are the 5 UK industries that will be hardest hit by Brexit, jeopardising thousands of jobs
Up to 65,000 small companies are completely unprepared for trade outside the single market, this new report warns.
Here’s how Caffe Nero made £2bn in sales but didn’t pay a penny in corporation tax
Professor of accounting Prem Sikka untangles the maze of company structures that have allowed the business to avoid tax for years.
British capitalism isn’t working – and business must work with unions to fix the economy
If politicians are serious about tackling low productivity, then solutions need to start involving employees, and that means unions.
This decision will make a mockery of EU claims to be tackling tax havens
It’s time for the EU to deal with the fallout of the Paradise Papers – and take on the tax havens in its own back yard.
Over half of those in poverty are now from working households – work isn’t paying in Tory Britain
Stagnating wages and Tory austerity have forced millions of working families into poverty.
Corporations rely on a healthy functioning society but think they shouldn’t have to pay for it
And acting on this neo-liberal view, the Tory government are all too happy to cut their taxes.
Corbyn’s customs union stance wins Labour unlikely support amongst business leaders
The CBI, opposed to much of Labour’s economic policy, said they supported the party’s call to stay in a customs union with the EU.