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A U.K. parliamentary committee chairwoman said Google Inc. was “evil” because of the way it sought to minimize its U.K. tax bills.
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U.K. lawmakers said Prime Minister David Cameron’s defense budget may lack an adequate reserve against cost overruns, possibly resulting in troop reductions and deeper cuts.
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The U.K. government is fighting an unwinnable battle against tax avoidance, lawmakers warned, as they called for greater transparency from companies and more resources to police compliance.
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The U.K. government may not have set aside enough money to help people in need as a result of cuts to housing-benefit payments, a committee of lawmakers said.
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The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority isn’t showing enough urgency in completing the cleanup of radioactive waste at its Sellafield facility in the north of England, a panel of lawmakers said.
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Britain’s state-run National Health Service may be restricting access to some types of non-urgent treatment to save money, lawmakers said, expressing concern about the way spending cuts are being implemented.
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The U.K. government has frustrated attempts to examine taxpayer funding for the London Olympic Games, a cross-party panel of lawmakers said today.
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Britain’s tax agency should “name and shame” promoters and clients of “boutique” tax-avoidance schemes to discourage their use, a panel of lawmakers said.
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U.K. government spending cuts have focused excessively on easy-to-achieve savings without giving enough consideration to their economic impact, Parliament’s budget watchdog said.
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George Entwistle, who resigned as director general of the British Broadcasting Corp. on Nov. 10 over its coverage of sex-abuse allegations, was given an “unacceptable” payoff, a panel of lawmakers said.
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