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Slow UK aid for hurricane-hit islands linked to tax haven ties

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Anguilla’s ex-attorney general says UK government may fear exposing its role in Caribbean territories’ tax arrangements

Aid offered by the British government to its hurricane-battered territories in the Caribbean has been dismissed as “derisory” by a former attorney general of one of the worst-hit islands.

Rupert Jones, who completed a two-year posting to Anguilla last year, suggested the government’s reluctance to commit significant aid may be motivated by embarrassment over its role in sustaining tax havens in the region.

Related: Hurricane Irma has devastated British territories – so why such little aid? | Rupert Jones

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