Africa – Salman Shaheen

Catherine McKinnell backs country-by-country tax reporting to tackle hunger

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I was honoured to chair last night’s IF Campaign debate with David Gauke, the Conservative Exchequer Secretary, Catherine McKinnell, Labour’s Shadow Exchequer Secretary, and Stephen Williams, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Committee. The debate threw up a lot of interesting questions around tax and transparency and Britain’s crucial role in reforming the international financial […]

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Associated British Food’s tax avoidance in Zambia stinks

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