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David Cameron urged to act over British Virgin Islands
Secret offshore havens 'stain face of Britain', says Lib Dem peer, as evidence grows over sham directors and hidden cashThe prime minister has come under pressure to act against Britain's secretive...
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Letters: No way to dodge the tax haven issue
It's sad, sombre, sobering and soulless, when one reads that the aid budgets in most of the wealthy countries are falling, yet so many of the really rich hide their money offshore for personal gain...
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Osborne urged to improve tax transparency in dependent territories
Chancellor and PM warned by Save the Children to introduce greater transparency prior to G8David Cameron and George Osborne were warned on Sunday they are in danger of losing credibility on their...
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George Osborne claims progress in tax haven plan
All British overseas territories with large financial operations have signed up to transparency strategy, says chancellorGeorge Osborne claims to have won a significant victory in his campaign to open...
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Tax transparency campaigners give cautious welcome to Treasury deal
British overseas territories agree to share information on bank accounts, but activists call for more action on offshore havensTax transparency campaigners have cautiously welcomed a deal between the...
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UK's top companies condemned for prolific use of tax havens
• Only two of FTSE 100 have no subsidiaries in havens• Big four banks and Tesco among biggest users • ActionAid findings described as shaming by Lib Dem peerThe UK's 100 biggest public companies are...
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David Cameron writes to Britain's tax havens, calling for transparency
PM urges havens to 'get our own houses in order' before G8 summit in June, where he claims tax avoidance will be a priorityDavid Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens...
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Richard Branson: I didn't leave UK for tax reasons
Virgin boss says he lives on Necker because of 'love of the beautiful British Virgin Islands'Sir Richard Branson has insisted he did not leave Britain for tax reasons, saying he was living on his...
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Richard Branson denies being a tax exile
Virgin Group founder says he moved main residence to private Caribbean island seven years ago for health reasonsSir Richard Branson makes great play of wrapping himself in patriotic trappings to...
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Ten of the best Caribbean beaches: readers' travel tips
Palm-fringed stretches of sand in the middle of nowhere, a beach bar that serves barbecued lobster and mojitos … readers pick their favourite beaches in the Caribbean To add a tip for next week and be...
View ArticleChina's princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
Relatives of political leaders including China's current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands
View ArticleChina's cash haven in the British Virgin islands the key points
Some of the offshore financial secrets of the Chinese ruling class have been revealed in leaked documentsChinese princelings hoarding wealth in British Virgin IslandsLeaked documents contained in more...
View ArticleChina tries to block reports on offshore holdings of its elite
Foreign ministry questions motive for articles about wealth in British Virgin Islands as media websites appear inaccessibleChina has sought to block and dismiss reports on the offshore holdings of...
View ArticleChinese oil giants make use of offshore shell companies in Caribbean
Secret financial records link scandal-hit oil companies to dozens of offshore entities, many of them undeclaredChinas scandal-mired oil giants and their senior executives have made extensive use of...
View ArticleCaribbean islands promised $1bn in loans for move to clean energy
Agreement at summit hosted by Sir Richard Branson will see islands switch from expensive diesel to renewablesCaribbean islands that pay some of the highest electricity prices in the world are in line...
View ArticleRichard Branson pledges to turn Caribbean green
Virgin boss says that pursuing environmental and renewable energy projects is 'more interesting than making a few more bucks'The palm trees and billiard table have been shipped in, work on the infinity...
View ArticleAsian logging companies 'use British islands for tax dodging'
Calls for crackdown as investigation finds huge Indonesian corporations evading tax through network of secret shell companies in British Virgin Islands and other tax havensGiant Asian logging companies...
View ArticleFrom Asia's palm oil giants to a tiny British tax haven ... the hidden trail...
Indonesian court helps to tear aside the veil of secrecy under which huge corporations operate in UK-linked tax havensThere is a street market selling Caribbean trinkets to cruise-liner passengers, a...
View ArticleSarah Ferguson calls Prince Andrew ‘humongously good man’
Duke of York’s former wife appears on US TV supporting him after allegations he had sexual relations with teenage girlSarah Ferguson issued a fresh statement in support of Prince Andrew on Tuesday,...
View ArticleUS man set to stand trial over wife's death in the British Virgin Islands
Authorities had initially ruled Shelley Tyre's death an accident and turned her body over to husband David SwainA US scuba shop owner and former town councillor goes on trial this week accused of...
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