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A grubby but not illegal excursion into property development.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osbornes-family-struck-a-6m-property-deal-with-firm-based-in-tax-haven--reports-10373416.html   George Osborne's family 'struck a £6m property deal' with firm based in tax haven        Chancellor George Osborne     Today, (Wednesday 8th July), George Gideon Oliver Osborne, will delivery the first fully Conservative budget in almost 20 years. The already leaked details of the budget, (which until recently were the best kept secrets in the country)have already indicated cuts to child tax credits, housing benefits and tax credits on low incomes, together with £13billion cuts to welfare spending.These cuts, forming part of the governments drive for even more austerity in the United Kingdom, will effect the majority of people in the country reducing living standards even further and, it has been suggested increase child poverty, (even using the new government fiddled d...

A "crackdown" or a gesture?

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/25/treasury-british-tax-havens-crackdown   Treasury to crack down on UK's offshore tax havens Gate Number 3 Will this "crackdown" apply to Mr and Mrs Smith with their £200 in Barclays Isle of Man, or is it for the large corporations with their millions in the Cayman Islands and other off shore accounts?  History tells us that the HMRC will always go after the soft, easiest option.

A recently discovered offshore account !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-19576719 Jersey coin hoard left by Celtic tribe in flight from Caesar army. It seems that Jersey has been the place to hide money for over 2000 years!