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   Brown promises tax cut in effort to mend fences with business
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: He rejected a suggestion that last month's increase in capital gains tax and levy on nondomiciled foreigners showed that business had slipped down Labour's list of priorities. "That's not correct," Mr [Gordon Brown] told the Institute of Directors annual conference. "Our aim, I tell you, is to reduce corporation tax even further when we can afford to do so. I want to go further . . . and we're loo ... Read More
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   Tax reversal deals blow to Brown's image
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Focus: Taxation and Public Expenditure Management, Journals, Finance and Budgeting in Public Administration
Summary: "We were told there would be no backdown: we have had a backdown. He's made these changes because he's frightened of losing a vote," said Mr [David Cameron]. The issue had looked set to damage Labour's prospects in local elections, also next week, that will be the prime minister's first ballot box test since he took office.
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   Tax rebellion tests Brown
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: The scene is still set for a showdown over an amemdment put forward by Frank Field, a rebel Labour MP, to the ongoing finance bill thatpromises compensation to those left worse-off by the change. Mr Field said official pledges to tackle poverty were not enough, adding: "Even Marie Antoinette offered people cake." Even if Mr Brown survives this challenge, the row has highlighted the mounting un ... Read More
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   A global approach is required to tackle high food prices
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: We must not lose sight of longer-term solutions. This calls for a more global approach to policies. Agricultural policies must change. Higher food prices over the past few years in part reflect well-intentioned, yet misguided policies in advanced economies, which attempt to stimulate biofuels made from foodstuffs through subsidies and protectionist measures. No one should forget that all count ... Read More
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   Germans agree sovereign funds law
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said on a visit to Berlin yesterday that Germany's proposed law was a "positive signal". The OECD opposes protectionism towards sovereign wealth funds, but he said Berlin's move struck the "right balance" between reviewing investments in strategic sectors and "keeping investment markets open". Ms [An ... Read More
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   Taxation tremors The Labour rebellion may be a taste of things to come
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: Gordon Brown could not have imagined the sequence of events a year ago. To cheers from the Labour benches, the then chancellor used his last Budget before becoming prime minister to cut the basic rate of income tax from 22p to 20p. He paid for this by scrapping the 10p starting rate, a move Labour MPs barely noticed. In spite of the loud public protest, it is hard to argue that the abolition o ... Read More
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   EU states in agreement to help avert cross-border financial crises
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Friday, April 04, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: "The present crisis has sharpened minds of European members about how we would handle a cross-border financial crisis," Charles McCreevy, Europe's commissioner for financial affairs, told the Financial Times. The EU pact envisages the creation of "cross-border -stability groups", voluntary structures bringing together relevant supervisory authorities, central banks and finance ministries. Thes ... Read More
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   Berlin is offered tax haven details
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Saturday, March 08, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: Rostock prosecutors say LLB had paid Mr [Michael Freitag] about Euros 9m for the return of most of the data, with another payment and data transfer due next year. LLB declined to comment. Last month, Berlin said it had paid an informant about Euros 4.2m for data on Liechtenstein bank accounts. The principality does not share information about such assets. LGT
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   Trounced on tax Raids aim to halt Europe's havens
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Thursday, March 06, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: "The really interesting aspect is the political and media discussion, and not just in Germany," says a ministry official. "You can bet no one is opening new accounts in Liechtenstein right now. It is this kind of relentless pressure and bad publicity that will make these countries change their ways." As a senior official close to Chancellor Angela Merkel puts it: "Our demands are quite simple. Ult ... Read More
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   Stop this timidity in ending tax haven abuse
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Focus: Leadership Development, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Training Institutions, Journals, Public Administration Schools, Training Material, Thematic Website, Public Institutions, Statistical Databases, Human Resource Management and Development, Civil Service Development and Innovation, UN Research Institutions
Summary: The OECD has removed all but three jurisdictions - Liechtenstein, Andorra and Monaco - from its list of uncooperative tax havens. Yet tax evasion remains rampant. The World Bank estimates annual cross- border flows from criminal activities, corruption and tax evasion at Dollars 1,000bn-Dollars 1,600bn (Pounds 504bn- Pounds 806bn), of which half comes from developing and transitional economies. Thi ... Read More
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