Tax avoidance – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Juliette Garside, Hilary Osborne, Phillip Inman and Nicholas Shaxson to discuss the industrial-scale tax avoidance revealed in the Paradise Papers leak. Plus Mark Wallace of ConservativeHome on the government's latest week from hell
After another leak from an offshore law firm, tax avoidance is back on the political agenda this week. The Paradise Papers investigation by the Guardian and others has shone a light on the vast offshore industry based in many of the UK's crown dependencies. Even the Queen and Prince Charles have been shown to hold offshore investments via their private trusts.
Joining Heather Stewart to discuss it all are the Guardian reporters Juliette Garside and Hilary Osborne, the Observer's economics editor, Phillip Inman, and the author of Treasure Islands, Nicholas Shaxson.
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