What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
How much does tax evasion cost the government? Some estimates: £70bn Public and Commercial Services Union, 2012 £82bn Richard Murphy, taxresearch.org.uk, September 2014 £16bn HMRC, December 2015
The lives of animals
The government backtracked on plans to repeal farm animal welfare codes. How truncated are the lives of farm animals?
Slaughtered at
Broiler chickens
5-7 wks
Pigs
4-6 mths
Lamb
3-10 mths
Veal calves
4-6 mths
Beef cattle
12-18 mths
Source: www.sustainabletable.org.au
Natural lifespan
Broiler chickens
7 yrs
Pigs
10-12 yrs
Lamb
15 yrs
Veal calves
20-25 yrs
Beef cattle
20-25 yrs
Source: www.sustainabletable.org.au
Helping havens
A reminder of some of the ways in which the British taxpayer helps fund tax havens:
— The British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands are eligible to a share of €40m set aside by the European Development Fund for sustainable energy and marine biodiversity in the Caribbean. Both are also eligible for support under the £7m a year Overseas Territories Programme Fund, and can each send four patients a year to be treated under the NHS.
— The Turks and Caicos Islands received a £160m loan from the UK after it went bankrupt in 2009.
— Montserrat received £19.2m of aid from Dfid in 2015/16.
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