Today's video story: The forgotten police bombing of a Philadelphia pro-black group. On 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the Move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighborhood. The countercultural group lived communally and had a history of violent encounters with police.
Focus of the day article: Government proposals to clamp down on tax avoidance by targeting advisers with sanctions if HMRC successfully challenges a scheme further blur the line between evasion and avoidance, and “threaten the rule of law”, according to a prominent tax lawyer. Anti-avoidance proposals were contained in an HMRC discussion document, Strengthening tax avoidance sanctions and deterrents, has now been published. Full story -Legal Futures
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