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Britain's Shadow Tax System Revealed
By Richard Brooks
THE coalition’s frequent claim to be clamping down on corporate tax avoidance is a sham, an undercover investigation by Private Eye and the BBC’s Panorama reveals.
The Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs and Britain’s biggest accountancy firms all connive to allow the biggest companies and richest individuals to deny the UK exchequer billions, while undermining the global fight against tax dodging too.
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Nigeria's crypto concerns
Burning issue
Old Sparky on the government's "irrational" net zero plan
Legal get-out
More dodging of responsibility at the Post Office
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