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Action at home and leadership abroad needed to tackle tax avoidance, says TUC

Responding to the Prime Minister's speech in Davos today (Thursday) in which he announced that he intends to use the UK Presidency of the G8 to tackle global tax evasion and avoidance, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

24 January 2013
New tax avoidance plans won't force big companies to pay more tax, warns TUC

Commenting on plans announced today (Monday) by the Treasury to tackle tax avoidance, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

3 December 2012
Top tips for celebrity tax avoidance  TUC gossip mag urges Chancellor to act

With tax avoidance by companies and the super-rich costing the public purse an estimated £25 billion a year, the TUC has today (Wednesday) published Kerching! - a spoof celebrity-gossip style magazine - to embarrass the government into acting against...

5 September 2012
G20 told voters want banks to put something back into the global economy

Support for a financial transactions tax (FTT) - often called the Robin Hood Tax - to make banks and financial institutions pay something back to society has the support of almost two-thirds of voters (63 per cent) in 13 countries around the world, a...

18 June 2012
Stronger tax anti-abuse rules needed to end widespread avoidance, says TUC

Welcoming the beginning of a government consultation today (Tuesday) into a new anti-abuse rule which could help crack down on tax avoidance in the UK, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

12 June 2012
Big companies pay a lower tax rate on their profits than people pay on their pasties

Many multi-national companies are paying a lower rate of tax on their profits than most people pay on their income or when buying items subject to VAT, the TUC says today (Thursday) as it urges the government to launch a comprehensive review of the t...

19 April 2012
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