Boris and Ken clash over tax dodge claims
Exactly 30 days before Londoners go to the polls, Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson clashed today over tax during and after an on-air row on LBC radio.
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The real Mitchell tax scandal is DFID’s failure to stand up to Osborne
The real Andrew Mitchell tax scandal is his department’s failure to stand up to George Osborne over his watering down of tax haven legislation.
Budget 2012: Good or bad? For the few or the many? Vote in our survey
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Budget 2012: Breaking down the benefits bill
On budget day, Richard Darlington, head of news at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), presents a detailed breakdown of the benefits bill.
Rangers: How journalists and administrators failed the fans
Stephen Henderson delves deeper into the Glasgow Rangers administration, tax avoidance scandal, bringing Left Foot Forward readers up to date on where we’re at.
“According to my tax breakdown, Daily Mail readers are the biggest scroungers”
Cormac Hollingsworth turns the tables on the Daily Mail’s ‘tax breakdown’ campaign.
Even Tory voters oppose abolition of 50p rate
Ahead of the budget, a new poll has revealed more Conservative voters oppose George Osborne’s plans to abolish the 50p top rate of tax than support it.
The Treasury dodges the question on its new tax loophole for multinationals
Tax changes being brought forward in the Budget could result in tax losses of £4 billion a year for poor countries and £1 billion for the UK.
The Osborne tax get-out turns aid for the poorest into a subsidy for multinationals
Last year, the UK donated £4.2bn to poor countries. Now Osborne is considering changes that will allow multinationals to avoid paying £4bn to poor countries.
Slowing tax receipts mean no end to the deficit is in sight
Cormac Hollingsworth looks at how the fall in tax receipts will harm attempts to pay off the deficit.