G8 summit: don’t bank on Britain’s territories revealing all on tax
David Cameron says he wants a deal on tax transparency at the G8 summit. But with London widely regarded as “the mother of all tax havens”, is he really serious?
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US President Barack Obama is given a warm welcome as G8 leaders descend on Northern Ireland.
As leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies head to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, David Cameron has put tax at the top of the agenda.
Amid an unprecedented security operation protestors marched through Belfast in protest against the G8 conference.
A mass rally is taking place in Belfast as demonstrators backing a variety of causes protest ahead of next week’s G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.
David Cameron says he wants a deal on tax transparency at the G8 summit. But with London widely regarded as “the mother of all tax havens”, is he really serious?
The Northern Ireland G8 summit has seen £50m put into security preparations. With 3,600 officers brought in from across the UK for back-up, protesters are saying the operation is over the top.
Guests of David Cameron’s G8 summit will not need to look further than their own doorstep for examples of a challenging world economy.
Police in riot gear clash with protesters on the streets of London and demonstrations against the forthcoming G8 summit begin.
Combating the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict will be on the agenda today when foreign ministers from the G8 group of wealthy countries meet in London for a two-day summit.
As Northern Ireland prepares to host this year’s G8 summit, the fragile peace is being tested by militant republican groups competing to outdo each other and take their war to the security services.
The G8 summit in France has ended with a pledge of billions of dollars of aid for countries involved in the Arab Spring uprisings.
G8 leaders are expected to approve a multi-billion dollar aid package to support Tunisia and Egypt, and will discuss issues ranging from the IMF leadership to global internet regulation.
Just what has been achieved here? The summit’s warm words on climate change were criticised by the UN secretary-general himself yesterday, who said they did not go far enough. China and India now “recognise the scientific view” that temperatures should not go more than 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels, but whether they are prepared to…
I am losing count of the Gs. Yesterday we had the G8 + G5 (including China and India) + 1. The 1 was Egypt. Today we have the G8 + 9 + 7, which includes African nations and international institutions like the UN, but perhaps we should take away 1 from that list – so…
What the world leaders are saying tonight is that they recognise the scientific view that temperature rises should not exceed a certain amount above pre-industrial levels – although they can’t quite decide what those pre-industrial levels are.