19-02-2015, 12:17
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Re: Tax avoidance - spotlight on accountants
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Labour's biggest non-union donation is from PwC – a firm accused of "promoting tax avoidance"
The latest party donation figures show the Labour party's biggest donor, aside from the unions, is the huge accountancy firm slammed by the Public Accounts Committee.
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http://www.newstatesman.com/politics...-tax-avoidance
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Rather embarrassing news for Labour after a good run at keeping the tax shenanigans of the wealthy in the news. It turns out the largest chunk of money the party received from a non-union donor in October-December last year was from PwC. The accountancy giant gave the party £386,605.
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Then there was this:
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Labour received £600,000 of advice from PwC to help form tax policy
Transparency International director says the findings present a ‘serious issue about exerting influence at the heart of politics’
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...tics-influence.
Hmmm....
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