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We should turn Britain into a tax haven

Mark Littlewood
Mark Littlewood

Rather than bash wealth-generating companies we should attract them by cutting and simplifying tax

Bankers must be breathing a quiet sigh of relief. They are no longer the main target for the ire of politicians. The new baddies on the block are the Googles, Amazons and Starbucks, the big global tax-avoiding corporations.

The three main party leaders are trying to outdo the others in displaying their moral outrage. And David Cameron returned from Brussels yesterday having urged his fellow European leaders to place aggressive tax avoidance at the top of the agenda.

But all this huffing and puffing about corporate irresponsibility and tax havens is at best hypocrisy and at worst could lead to

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