Treasury tries to thwart EU plans for tax haven blacklist

UK territories such as Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman Islands should not be singled out because of zero-rate tax, argues David GaukeThe UK government is fighting a rearguard action to prevent Guernsey, Jersey and British overseas territories from going on an EU blacklist of tax havens.At a meeting of EU finance ministers on Tuesday in Brussels, David Gauke, chief secretary to the Treasury, will tell his counterparts that the UK opposes attempts to put territories with a zero rate of corporation tax