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Learndirect Is Funded by the Public Yet Fails Them

August 14, 2017

The Financial Times reports on the findings of the Ofsted Report, which concluded that the public funded yet privately owned Learndirect is systematically failing to provide the vital job training and career planning services that […]

Amazon managed to halve its corporation tax bill in the UK by paying its employees partially in shares.
Corporate welfare General

How Amazon Got Away with Halving its UK Tax Bill

August 10, 2017

Amazon is in the news yet again — this time for halving its corporation tax bill paid to HMRC. Despite a turnover in 2016 of £1.46 billion, which represents a doubling over the previous year, […]