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Amazons tax arrangements are nothing short of a work of art. Bravo
Amazon has come in for plenty of stick for paying so little tax in the UK. But its actions display such impish wit that it's hard not to revel in the majesty of a terrible thing well ...
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Scotland could become another Cyprus if it becomes independent
Treasury officials will tomorrow publish analysis suggesting that Scotland's banking system is so large relative to its economy that an independent government would be unable to rescue the sector in the event of a crisis.The pro-independence lobby will see this as the latest attempt by Whitehall to sway voters in the referendum on Scottish independence, scheduled for September 2014. The ...
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IoS Special Investigation Why we need a national database to keep our young people safe
Child protection experts called for a national register of youngsters who go missing from council care to stop them from slipping into a life of violence and sexual abuse. Their demand comes days after an Oxford gang were convicted of abusing under-age girls in ...
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David Cameron goes to war with press over swivel-eyed loons slur
David Cameron risked a major blow to his authority after he defended one of his closest friends over claims that he had described Tory activists as "mad, swivel-eyed ...
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Woman political leader killed in Pakistan
Imran Khan 's Movement for Justice in Pakistan was gunned down Saturday outside her Karachi home, police said. Investigators said the killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain, carried out by two men on motorbikes, was a robbery gone wrong, The (London) Guardian reported. But Khan, the cricket star turned politician, suggested the United National Movement or MQM party, which dominates politics in ...
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England and New Zealand bowlers get hold of wrong end of Lords stick | Mike Selvey
James Anderson uproots Bruce Martin's off-stump from the Nursery End, but like all England's pacemen he prefers the Pavilion. Photograph: Anthony ...
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Fury at corporate tax avoidance leads to call for a global response
Anger over the financial affairs of multinationals such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks is gathering momentum in Westminster. Now the UK is poised to lead the debate about international tax reform at next month's G8 ...
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Two-thirds of voters say PM should listen more to backbenchers
Over two-thirds of voters believe the prime minister should "listen and pay more attention" to the views of his backbenchers, amid the row within the party over Europe.An Opinium/Observer poll found that 67% of respondents ...
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Iraqi violence claims 8 in sectarian strife
Eight people were killed across Iraq Saturday, hours after a series of bombings rocked Baghdad in the bloodiest day there in months, officials said. Calls for a halt to sectarian violence went unheeded, with gunmen storming the home of a top police anti-terrorism official and killing him, his wife and their two young children. The BBC said police Capt. Adnan Ibrahim was targeted by Sunni ...
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Eric Schmidt defends Googles tax affairs following Commons criticism
Eric Schmidt has defended his company's financial affairs after a Commons committee branded the internet giant devious and unethical for sheltering its multibillion-pound profits from UK ...
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Tim Southees late burst gives New Zealand hope against England
England suffered a late collapse of four wickets for 12 runs to wreck Joe Root and James Anderson's good work with bat and ball on day three of the first Test ...
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Next coronation to involve other faiths besides Christianity
The coronation of the next monarch will include a role for people of other faiths besides Christianity, in a break with a thousand years of history, The Sunday Telegraph has ...
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Tory party out of control over Europe says Lord Howe
Lord Howe has accused David Cameron of running scared of his backbenchers and endangering Britain's future in Europe. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex ...
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Ed Miliband vows to curb corporate tax avoidance
Ed Miliband has vowed to rip up the rule book as prime minister and go it alone if there is no international consensus to tackle multinationals engaging in ...
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At Google we aspire to do the right thing. So we welcome a debate on international tax reform | Eric Schmidt
At a time when families are having to tighten their belts and funding for vital public services is under pressure, corporate taxation is rightly a hot topic. And as a company that has always aspired to do the right thing, we understand why Google is at the centre of that debate. In the interests of moving the argument forward - away from accusation and toward action - here are three principles ...
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Out out out Can anybody stem the Eurosceptic tide
stand down at the next election after more than 20 years' service, is not a stirrer or controversy seeker. He chairs the foreign affairs select committee and has a mild attachment to the EU because of the economic benefits he believes it brings, but his views seldom make news.So it was a startling moment when, as Ottaway ended a short address during the Queen's speech debate last week, ...
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Tories just about held it together in the past. This time its different | Andrew Rawnsley
As the Conservative party has spent the past week tearing itself and the reputation of its leader to shreds, I have been logging the bulletins issued by Number 10 that claim to describe the temperamental condition of the prime minister. Faced with an unprecedented revolt against the government's programme by its own MPs, we were told ...
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This is a new farcical low and David Cameron is losing control | Geoffrey Howe
Europe within the Conservative party to a new, almost farcical, low. Having previously opposed the introduction of legislation in this parliament to hold a referendum in the next one, the prime minister suddenly allowed a free vote among backbenchers, with the government abstaining, on the extraordinary basis that the party had no policy on the issue.Then, once more than 100 backbenchers had ...
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Poor performance of AEs linked to winding down of NHS helpline
NHS Direct health advice service referred an extra 120,000 patients to accident and emergency departments in the past year, compared with the final 12 months of the Labour government.The increase in the number of calls to the 0845 service that were considered to require "urgent or emergency" assistance came as staffing levels dropped significantly. More than 1,200 fewer people worked ...
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Western leaders study gamechanging report on global drugs trade
drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition.Publication of the Organisation of American States (OAS) review, commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas attended ...
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England v New Zealand report Joe Root grows in stature to sow seeds of revival
England 232 & 180-6 v New Zealand 207: Yorkshire batsman brings England back into the first Test with gutsy innings but late flurry of wickets also offers Kiwis hope of victory, writes Stephen Brenkley at ...
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Death toll climbs in south China flooding
Chinese officials said the death toll from widespread flooding in southern China reached 53 Saturday, with at least 16 people still missing. Heavy rain fell in southern China, and 10 provinces in the south and central China were reeling from flooding and landslides, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese government launched a level-four response to the disaster Xinhua ...
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Southee treble rocks England in first Test
LONDON (AFP) - Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.At stumps, England were 180 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 205 runs.England were in the process of building a sound position at 159 for two when paceman Southee wrested back the initiative with three wickets for ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby abandons his support for civil partnerships for heterosexual couples
U-turn will anger both Tory backbenchers and campaigners who argue same-sex couples should be able to enter civil partnerships as an alternative to ...
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Revealed Devastating impact of bedroom tax which forces huge leap in hardship handouts for tenants
The extent of the suffering inflicted by the "bedroom tax" can be revealed for the first time today as figures show a 338 per cent leap in the number of people applying for emergency handouts in the month since it was ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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