Rachel Baird
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Rachel Baird has worked at Christian Aid since 2007, prior to which she was a journalist at the Daily Express newspaper in London. She has a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University.

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One in Three Boycott Tax Avoiders

(7) Comments | Posted 1 March 2013 | (09:49)

We knew that people felt strongly about tax evasion and avoidance - but the results of our latest opinion poll still shocked us.

The survey, in which ComRes questioned 2,270 British adults, found that one in three people (34 per cent) say they are currently boycotting the products...

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MPs Get It Right On Tax And Poverty

(0) Comments | Posted 23 August 2012 | (11:55)

The new parliamentary report on tax and global poverty might not sound like the most exciting read but when a colleague saw an advance copy earlier this week, he looked as if he had won the lottery.

Those of us who campaign for the powerful to pay their...

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Tax Dodging: It's Time to Widen the UK Debate

(22) Comments | Posted 1 August 2012 | (00:00)

Tax has been a huge story in the UK of late. It began with revelations about the £13 trilllion hidden in tax havens - and UK Government promises of a crackdown on 'cowboys' who sell cynical ways to avoid tax.

Then Treasury minister David Gauke...

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