HMRC are to deduct an extra £2bn from UK taxpayers while Vodafone can keep £6bn savings from tax avoidance schemes. 1.4 million people now owe an average of £1,400 because of PAYE errors. But in what is described as “an unbelievable cave-in” Vodafone will pay £1.25bn over 5 years with no further challenge from HMRC.

The Remember Saro-Wiwa coalition claims that a UN Environmental Programme report on oil spill pollution in the Niger Delta is biased. UNEP’s Mark Cowing says his findings are scientific, but campaigners are angry that the Nigerian Government and Shell, who paid for the $10m investigation, will be exonerated.

The Arch‘Please use your liberty to promote ours’ says Aung San Suu Kyi. Upload your photo to the collection which Amnesty will take to Brussels for October’s Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of leaders from Asia and Europe, who will be asked to demand freedom for political prisoners, and real human rights improvements across Burma.