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Taxman has benefited from the ‘proceeds of crime’ MPs are told

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HMRC ‘treat the victims of pension scams like criminals’: Taxman has benefited from the ‘proceeds of crime’ MPs are told Victims of pension scams, are being treated like criminals MPs heard yesterday  The  targets described feeling suicidal after their life savings vanished   Some even face hefty fines because the schemes broke tax laws By Tom Kelly Investigations … Read more

HMRC refuses name companies who benefited from £41billion furlough cash during first lockdown

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HMRC has refused to name all of the companies who benefited from £41bn in furlough cash support during the first lockdown, citing confidentiality laws. A Freedom of Information request to name each company to use the wage support scheme in the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic has been refused. Business giants including McDonald’s, … Read more

Caribbean countries say companies that benefited from slave trade should pay reparations

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Caribbean countries have said that British financial institutions which benefited from the slave trade should go further than saying sorry by paying reparations.  Apologies for their role in slavery have already been made by both Lloyd’s of London and pub chain Greene King. Both firms also pledged to make financial contributions after their founders were … Read more

Justin Bieber admits having ‘benefited off of black culture’ and will now ‘speak up’ about racism

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Justin Bieber has been using Instagram to show his solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement amid nation-wide protests. And in a post shared on Saturday, the 26-year-old promised to continue using his platform to ‘speak up’ about racial injustice, while also openly acknowledging his privilege as a white male.   ‘I am inspired by black … Read more