In two days time, I will be joining the Mayor of Hounslow in throwing myself out of a plane to raise money for the CW+ Sun and Stars Appeal to transform the children’s wards at West Middlesex Hospital. I am proud to say thanks to everyone’s incredible donations I have already raised over £800. I […]
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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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Britain has placed tax avoidance at the centre of the global agenda as it prepares to host the G8 summit in June. But despite the headlines generated by high profile cases such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks, tax avoidance is not just an issue for the UK and the other wealthy nations of the G8.
Tax: Law and morality – which way now? Read More »
Squashed beneath the seat of a train bound for Karachi, a frightened young boy hides in the hot dark from armed men searching for people who pray to a different god. Leaving behind his Mysore home that day in 1948 when Gandhi was assassinated and India was aflame with anti-Muslim violence, my father, like so
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When driving through the town of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, it’s hard not to notice that something stinks. From miles around you can see the plumes of thick white smoke billowing into the sky from the sugar factory; the whole area is pervaded by its sickly sweet smell. Halfway across the world, however, its
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This article was originally written for International Tax Review With the UK chairing the G8 this year, more than 100 charities have come together under the banner of the IF campaign, whose basic premise is that there is enough food in the world for everyone if certain conditions, including ending tax avoidance and increasing financial
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The world produces enough food for everyone, but there’s an if. And it’s a big IF. To tackle it, 100 major charities are joining forces for what seems the biggest NGO campaign since 2005’s Make Poverty History. My good friends at Christian Aid sent me the following press release, which I wholly support: 100 MAJOR
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