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New EU tax laws aim to stop tax avoidance practices by companies. They do not aim to make owners of offshore bank accounts “come clean”. Read
A Facebook post gets the expenses claims of Lib Dem MPs roughly right, but their collective claims are around average for all MPs overall. Read
A picture showing a ‘hammerhead salamander’ shows a model of a diplocaulus, an extinct amphibian. Read
Judges have to stay politically impartial, and we have no idea how they voted. Read
The footage is from 2015. Read
The State of California requires companies to declare if they use any chemicals from a toxicity list. Read
It was taken in 1979 during his visit to the UK as Israel’s prime minister. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In 2018 the average pay for a FTSE 100 CEO was £3.5 million – over 110 times the average full-time salary. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This estimate for Labour’s welfare bill is meaningless because Labour haven’t detailed their welfare policies. Read
Immigration
Labour passed a motion at its party conference to extend free movement. This doesn’t mean scrapping all immigration controls. Read
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