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Google ‘cheats taxpayer out of millions’ – whistleblower
A former Google executive turned whistleblower claims the internet giant has cheated UK taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Bonus bonanza for chief executives
While most employees’ wages are failing to keep up with the rising cost of living, those at the top are bucking the trend.
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Payday lenders: change or get shut down
The Office of Fair Trading gives the payday lending industry 12 weeks to clean up its act or firms will have their licences removed.
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RBS loses £5.2bn, but pays over £600m in bonuses
Royal Bank of Scotland pays more than £600m in bonuses to its staff, despite a “chastening” year in which it made pre-tax losses of £5.2bn.
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‘Bedroom tax’ will cost taxpayers more
The government’s controversial new “bedroom tax” will cost rather than save money in parts of the country, it has been claimed. Reporter Ciaran Jenkins explains.
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Stephen Hester: taxpayers paying for RBS Libor fine
Stephen Hester, the chief executive of RBS, says that tens of billions of pounds of damages, including its £390m Libor fine, will be paid for out of profits, and therefore by the taxpayer.
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Sainsbury’s CEO: ask where firms pay corporation tax
Video: Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King tells Channel 4 News that consumers should vote with their feet if they don’t like the way firms choose to pay tax.
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MPs criticise BBC for Entwistle payout
A report by MPs accuses the BBC of a “cavalier” attitude towards licence fee money over a £450,000 payoff to director general George Entwistle, in the wake of the corporation’s Jimmy Savile crisis.
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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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OFT clamps down on payday lenders
The OFT launches investigations into several payday lenders over “aggressive debt collection practices” and warns others they risk enforcement action if standards do not improve.
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MPs ride first class at taxpayer expense
On the heels of George Osborne’s request for a first class upgrade, new figures show that more than a quarter of MPs use first class rail travel – sometimes at five times the cost of standard tickets.
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Security firm G4S expects full Olympics payout
G4S chief executive Nick Buckles tells MPs he still expects Locog to fulfil the £235m contract for Olympic security, despite the army having had to step in to make up for a shortfall in staff.
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Fraud probe launched into Barclays’ Qatar payments
Barclays has named Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive, just hours after it confirmed that the Serious Fraud Office has launched investigations into the bank’s deals with Middle East investors.
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Standard Chartered to pay $340m fine
Standard Chartered agrees to pay $340m to settle allegations that it hid transactions with Iran from regulators. But did the bank get off lightly? Analysis from Business Correspondent Sarah Smith.
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G4S chief executive: we regret signing the Olympics contract
Nick Buckles, the G4S chief executive who says he is worth his £1.2m annual pay package, admits to MPs he regrets signing the contract to provide security for the Olympics.