Migrant Crisis Series

The damning case against private providers of housing for asylum seekers

Apr 18, 2016 11:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

For four years, the Home Office has held a series of contracts with three private providers G4S, Serco and Clearel to procure and operate housing for asylum seekers in the UK. These contracts, known collectively as...

Data access inquiry casts the net far too wide

Apr 18, 2016 06:17 am UTC| Law Technology

The Australian Productivity Commission has launched a public inquiry into access and use of public and private data. The agenda of the inquiry is ambitious in both its timescale and its scope. So much so that it risks...

Panama Papers Series

Did you cheat on your taxes? Here's why your days may be numbered

Apr 18, 2016 04:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The so-called Panama Papers span thousands of pages, revealing that many of the worlds elite have been hiding their money in offshore accounts in an attempt to shield their income from taxes. Their release the biggest...

What is the EU Common Agricultural Policy?

Apr 15, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Youve probably heard the stories of huge butter mountains and wine lakes, and moneybags landowners living the high life thanks to subsidies from unwitting urbanites. But theres more to the EUs Common Agricultural Policy...

Do you owe the IRS money? Here's what to do

Apr 15, 2016 23:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Tax Day is finally here. If youre getting a refund, lucky you. But if you owe the government money, you may be worried that you have to pay the amount due by the filing deadline of April 18 even if you asked for an...

Panama Papers Series

Why Europe's new tax initiative is a big deal

Apr 15, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Public outcry over revelations in the Panama papers about global levels of tax dodging has led to political action. Europes five largest economies the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have agreed to new transparency...

Does income tax and benefits reduce inequality in Britain?

Apr 15, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The aim of progressive taxation and the welfare state is to redistribute wealth from the richest to the poorest in an effort to erode the worst aspects of poverty and inequality. How well the British tax and benefits...