Search results for ‘UK Uncut’
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Starbucks: ‘We’ll pay extra tax’
Starbucks pledges to pay around £20m in corporation tax over the next two years after being accused of “immorally” slashing its tax bill.
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The alternative autumn statement
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his autumn statement on the economy and spending, we gather some alternative suggestions on to how to tackle the country’s fiscal woes.
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Tax avoidance: cracks in the offshore crackdown
The latest government promise to get tough with corporate tax dodgers raises more questions than it answers.
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Disability rights protesters invade government building
Campaigners against changes to disability benefit rules invade the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following a protest outside the offices of one of the Paralympic Games’ main sponsors Atos.
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Did GB Paralympians choose to hide Atos branding?
Disability campaigners took to Twitter last night during the Paralympics opening ceremony to speculate on why GB athletes had hidden the Atos branding on their passes.
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Carr ‘morally wrong’ for avoiding tax, says Cameron
David Cameron tells Channel 4 News that tax avoidance schemes such those used by Jimmy Carr are not morally acceptable, as members of boy band Take That come under the spotlight for doing the same.
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Where are 2012’s punks to soundtrack the jubilee?
As bunting lines the streets of Britain, Channel 4 News looks at the modern day anti-establishment scene and looks for the alternative soundtrack to this year’s jubilee.
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Anti-cuts protest at Clegg’s London home
More than 100 people protesting against government austerity cuts descend on the London home of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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Budget LIVE BLOG: news, video and analysis
• Top rate of tax cut to 45p from April next year • Child benefit cut-off point rises to £50K • Are personal allowances changes a ‘granny tax’? Read Gary Gibbon’s blog: 50p tax – hero to zero? 13.47: Ed Miliband compares the government to Downton Abbey, a story of the “out of touch rich”.…
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FactCheck: Will disabled people suffer under the Welfare Reform Bill?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
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HMRC ‘bent rules’ for big firms
A report into the HM Revenue & Customs found “specific and systemic” failures in the way deals are done with companies, allowing tax bills to be negotiated at a loss to the taxpayer.
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Public sector strike – historic day or damp squib?
Union leaders say up to 2 million workers across the UK have come out in support of today’s strike against pension changes. But Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed the action as a “damp squib”.
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Topshop’s Green blames weather for shop closures
Topshop and Bhs boss sir Philip Green warns that 260 stores face the axe after a profits slump.
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‘We will continue to fight the cuts’ – Fortnum protester
As protesters who staged a sit-in at luxury goods store Fortnum and Mason are found guilty of aggravated trespass a first-time protester tells Channel 4 News what happened that day.
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St Paul’s protesters pledge to stay for months
Anti-capitalist protesters resist calls to leave St Paul’s Cathedral and vow to stay until they see results – even until Christmas.
