Mann: Treasury Respond to League Query About CBC Allegations

September 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Chief Financial Officer of the Treasury has responded to a query from the Celtic League sent to Treasury Minister, Eddie Teare, MHK, about recent allegations about the IOM financial industry broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A

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Tax Sham: Minister Should Invite CBC and Answer Their Questions

September 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Are tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) all they are cracked up to be? That’s the question one has to ask after today’s response by the Isle of Man Treasury Minister to the CBC ‘Tax sham’ allegations. Part of

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‘Cheats’ and Political Hypocrisy

September 13, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Manx politicians it seems are good at kicking people when they are down. This week the Treasury announced cuts to unemployment benefit not just for people out of work but also for those technically unemployed who do try

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Mann: Treasury Clarify Earlier Information

August 3, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Further to the Celtic League News item in which the Treasury Minister responded to our queries about financial regulation and the FSC and FCU (see link); https://www.celticleague.net/news/treasury-minister-responds-on-financial-regulations/ The Treasury (Acting Chief Financial Officer) has advised as follows: ‘Further

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Threats Over Proposed Bill to Tackle ‘Keyboard Cowards’

July 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Within hours of what we asserted yesterday i.e. that there is a linkage between anonymous online abuse and threats to politicians’, dramatic new allegations in Ireland seem to support such a corollary. Yesterday we reported the reward offered

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UK Treasury Pressed Again On PMS Savers Plight

August 28, 2010

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE UK TREASURY PRESSED AGAIN ON PMS SAVERS PLIGHT The Celtic League has written to the UK Chancellor once again urging action to compensate savers in the failed Northern Ireland Presbyterian Mutual Society (see below): “Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt

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