12/04/2014 BBC Weekend News


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People who avoid paying tax by hiding money oversees could face

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jail under plans being considered by the Government.

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The Chancellor sets out plans to clamp down on tax evasion by British

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residents who hide their money overseas.

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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond prepares to address the

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SNP's spring conference - their last before the referendum on

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independence. And the nine-month-old baby charged

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with attempted murder in Pakistan finally has his case thrown out by a

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court. Good afternoon. The Chancellor has

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set out plans to clamp down on tax evaders who hide money abroad.

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Current rules require proof there was intent to evade tax, in order to

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prosecute. But proposed changes would require only proof that the

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money was taxable and hadn't been declared. Our Correspondent, Joe

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Lynam, reports. Ordinary people haven't been able to

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avoid the coalition's spending cuts and VAT rises in order to get the

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deficit down but some very wealthy people have been able to hide their

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money away in offshore tax havens. Now the government wants it to the

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law in favour of the taxman and against secretive millionaires.

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Currently it is the case that if people have money held offshore and

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aren't declaring it, it's necessary for eight seek to prove they

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intended to cheat the taxpayer. What we're proposing is that a new strict

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liability offence, if you have a substantial amount of money offshore

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and you are glaring taxable income on that to the UK authorities, then

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that is a criminal offence. By making this type of tax evasion a

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Cromwell rather than civil matter, offenders could end up in jail

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rather than just with a fine. The government has made a big play about

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pursuing aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion at an international

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level. It was the mainstay of last's G8 summit. It is doing so

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because on its own and cannot pursue these wealthy and mobile

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individuals. But will they get the money in from these clamp-downs as

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much as they hope they will? The revenue will be a key impact, to

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having a fewer example cases to justify to the Minister that they

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are taking it seriously but I don't anticipate queues of people outside

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the Old Bailey waiting to be tried. Labour said that as a time when

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families are facing a cost of living crisis, the failure to raise

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expected money from tax clamp-downs simply wasn't good enough. George

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Osborne was in Washington this week sharing his thoughts on global

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leaders on dealing with tax. That doubtless told them that his plans

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for a law change you want perfect big corporations, only wealthy

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individuals. Independence negotiations between

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Scotland and the rest of the UK could start within days of a Yes

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vote in the referendum, Scotland's First Minister will tell his party

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today. Our Scotland Correspondent James

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Cook is at the SNP conference in Aberdeen. How big moment this? In a

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word, very big in deed. Because this is the last time that Alex Salmond

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will address the party faithful before the boat that they have

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fought so long and so hard to achieve takes place on September 18.

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He has two things to do, he has two five up, get them energised the last

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stages of this campaign ahead although they don't need at firing

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up, they have waited a long time for this and they are in fine form, the

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SNP supporters. Secondly, he will be trying to reach out to reach out to

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supporters who don't normally support the SNP and say that a vote

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for independence doesn't mean voting for the SNP. He expects to say that

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this referendum is not about this party, this Minister or the wider

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campaign, it's about putting Scotland's future in Scotland's

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hands. That is the essential message, that decisions about

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Scotland should be taken here, and with that in mind, he will talk

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about what will happen after a yes vote, which would be that he would

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form a cross-party coalition, he hopes, if negotiators negotiate,

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beginning within days Scotland's independence. But a very big if, the

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voters have to vote yes first. ? A Pakistani court has dismissed a case

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against a nine month old baby who had appeared in court last week for

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attempted murder. Musa Khan was today again brought

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before a judge in Lahore, from where our World Affairs correspondent,

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Mike Wooldridge now reports. If he looks a little bewildered as

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he waits in a lawyer's office to make his second appearance in court,

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Musa Khan is after all here for attempted murder. But after a week

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on bail. That is what an affray between protesters and police in his

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Lahore neighbourhood in January led to. But the minimum age of criminal

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copyright in Pakistan is seven and he is just nine months. Last time he

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cried when police tried to take his fingerprints. Today he seemed

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calmer. Under an intense media spotlight, the case against Musa was

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dealt with swiftly inside the court room after the police about no

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interest in investigating or arresting him. The judge ordered

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action to be taken against the officer who had handled the case

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initially. Afterwards, Musa appeared to feel the need for a celebratory

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drink. His grandfather, meanwhile, accused the police of pressure

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rising and threatening him. The extraordinary affair is now over,

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but it has left many questions about how he ended up in court and was

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then put on bail at all. His lawyers are saying that if a popular can be

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implicated in a case like this, then what does that say for other people

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was Mike -- a toddler. So Musa was on his way, adult members of the

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family continue to face charges over the confrontation with police. It's

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not the first time flaws in Pakistan's judicial system have been

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highlighted. Perhaps never before though by a babe in arms.

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In other news today, a man has appeared in court, charged with

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attempting to murder three women with a hammer as they slept at a

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hotel in central London. 32-year-old Philip Spence is also accused of

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aggravated burglary. The women were attacked in their room at the

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Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch last Sunday morning. Mr Spence was

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remanded in custody until Thursday. The Attorney General, Dominic

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Grieve, is to discuss recent not guilty verdicts in high profile

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cases with the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders. A

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number of Conservative MPs criticised the decision to bring

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charges against the former Deputy Speaker of the Commons, Nigel Evans,

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who was cleared of sexual assault and rape.

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In Ukraine, officials say armed men have taken over a police station in

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Sloviansk near the Russian border. Police said the gang fired shots and

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used stun grenades to take over the building. And in the eastern city of

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Donetsk, hundreds of pro-Russian protesters are said to be marching

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towards a police station. Football - and FA Cup holders Wigan

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Athletic take on Arsenal this afternoon in the first of this

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weekend's semi-finals. Wigan's chairman Dave Whelan says it's a

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match his players can go out and enjoy, as the pressure's on Arsenal

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to win. And at the Masters golf in Augusta -

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America's Bubba Watson leads the way going into the third round.

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Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy only just made the cut - after what he called

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a frustrating second round. Large crowds have turned out to see

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the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they continue their tour of New

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Zealand. The royal couple visited a town with which they share their

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name and officially opened the national cycling centre. Our royal

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correspondent Nicholas Witchell was with them:

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almost the entire town had turned out to see them. According to local

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police, 15,000 people out of a total population of 18,000 were there. The

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name of the town? Cambridge. This couple have become powerful

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ambassadors for royalty. During formal moments, paying tribute to

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New Zealand's boarded, and in the dozens of informal encounters, each

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one important to the people involved. Taken together they create

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an impression of a couple who are likeable and approachable. Earlier,

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Catherine had gone without William to a children's Hospice. Are you

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having a Tea Party? Can I join you? Is that OK? She is noticeably more

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at ease now, handling meetings like these with confidence. Hello,

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everybody. Finally, to New Zealand's new high-performance

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velodrome which it hopes will yield future Olympic champions. Formally

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opened by William and Catherine. As the day's events, carefully

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choreographed and timetables. It's very nearly 2:30pm and that's it,

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official engagements are over for the day, duties of another kind are

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calling. George is remaining in government house in Wellington, his

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mum and dad are returning their every afternoon to be with him.

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Before they left the velodrome, the inevitable if Oakamoor gift.

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That's it for now. Plenty more throughout the afternoon on the BBC

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News Channel. Our next bulletin will be a delay later than usual time of

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6:40pm this evening.

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