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Fiona O'Donnell MP Articles

Tackling tax avoidance cannot be an afterthought

The prime minister must keep his promise: tackling tax avoidance cannot be an afterthought. What a difference a year makes. Leading the G8 at Lough Erne last year David Cameron said that the agenda for the world’s most powerful nations should focus on trade, tax and...

We need global leadership on phantom firms

Leading last year’s G8 in Lough Erne, David Cameron said that the agenda for the world’s most powerful nations should focus on trade, tax and transparency. While some progress has been made, there is of course a lot more to do – as last week’s headlines about...

The struggle for women’s rights in Afghanistan

Saturday 8 March 2014 marks International Women’s Day and women, and some men, will want to mark it in some way. In Westminster MPs took part in debates highlighting the different conditions that women live and work under in different parts of the globe: a debate in...

Making energy work for pre-payment meter users

Last year the ‘big six’ announced energy price increases of eight to 10 per cent, with the average dual fuel bill costing £1,385. Against this backdrop of soaring energy costs, Ofgem announced that the number of disconnections for debt fell by 51 per cent from 2010 to...