In this issue
Thursday 22 October 2015
Ekklesia to launch new website
Ekklesia to launch a brand new website
New ruling against ‘sweetheart’ tax deals could have global impact says Christian Aid
The European Commission’s new ruling against ‘sweetheart’ tax deals, between Starbucks and the Netherlands and between Fiat Chrysler and Luxembourg, is a critically important recognition that one country’s tax decisions can severely damage other countries, says Christian Aid
Chancellor borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC
New public sector finance figures published on 21 October by the Office for National Statistics, show that public spending cuts are a failed strategy for reducing the deficit, says the Trades Union Congress.
There are worse things than public borrowing
George Osborne’s determination to reduce the deficit increasingly seems like a form of extremism, in which the end seems to justify any means.