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Is the end of global tax-dodging in sight?
To make the super-rich pay their fair share, Britain must back the UN Tax Convention, argues NURI SYED CORSER of War on Want
LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD: (L to R) Brian Niccol of Starbucks and Charles III

INDUSTRIAL-SCALE tax-dodging by the super-rich and big corporations is one of those galling injustices that feels so everyday that it’s hard to stay outraged.

This week, we learnt that governments around the world lost half a trillion dollars to tax-dodging.

Starbucks, whose new CEO commutes to work by private jet, paid just £7 million on its £548m of UK sales. Meanwhile, global inequality is skyrocketing.

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