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Proposed bill "not appropriate vehicle" for changes
Government blocks equality in the monarchy

By politics.co.uk staff Far-reaching plans to rid the monarchy of male-preference and anti-Catholicism have been blocked by the government. Justice secretary Jack Straw told the Commons during today’s debate of the bill, put forward by Liberal Democrat Evan Harris, that it was not the “appropriate vehicle” for such an extensive series of reforms. But Mr… Read more »

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Poor countries lose millions through tax dodging
Revealed: The price of tax dodging

By politics.co.uk staff A leading development charity has attempted to calculate the amount of money lost to corporate tax evasion. Christian Aid is publishing the data to highlight the issue of ‘trade mispricing’, where figures are manipulated to keep profits low in countries where they will incur a higher level of tax. The research, broken… Read more »