Corporate welfare General

Company accused of tax-dodging granted public money

March 27, 2016

AstraZeneca and its partners awarded £93m in grants 13/10/15 09:51 Today’s Guardian features Aditya Chakrabortty’s piece on tax avoidance and mentions my disclosure that AstraZeneca and its partners extracted over £93m in InnovateUK funding between […]

Corporate welfare General

AstraZenca accused of tax-dodging 

March 27, 2016

AstraZeneca accused of employing aggressive tax-avoidance measures in an investigation by the Guardian. The company featured in The British Corporate Welfare State. This is an extract: “Five months after AstraZeneca thanked the local MP [George Osborne] for […]