Replace council tax with 1% property levy - NIESR
The government should scrap council tax and replace it with a 1% tax on the value of property, a leading thinktank proposes. Releasing its latest quarterly economic forec...
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That'll help nicely
American Express has long used celebrities to promote its credit cards, but when Bono endorsed its latest offering yesterday it was obvious there was something different ...
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Lax tax and creative accountancy
Those of us of a certain age remember the Rolling Stones heading off into tax exile on the Riviera. As a teenager I thought they had achieved the perfect combination of s...
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All steamed up over high rail fares
Complaints on price should worry firms
A few shards of light have penetrated the perennial gloom of the railway network. In a startling turn of events, passengers seem t...
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Osborne waters down Tories' pledge to lower taxes
David Cameron's new-look Conservative party announced its latest policy U-turn yesterday when it admitted that sorting out Britain's public finances and ensuring economic...
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Fresh tax tricks
The Conservative party under David Cameron has become almost embarrassing in the way it apes the early days of New Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Today it was...
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Poor diet link to rising cases of depression
Increasing rates of anxiety, depression and irritability could be due to a poor diet that lacks the essential chemicals to keep the brain healthy, according to a leading ...
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How UK plc stays ahead of the taxman
Nobody likes paying taxes, but Britain's biggest companies have got complaining down to a fine art. Several are currently engaged in a long-running fight to prove that so...
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Poor sexual health plans condemned
Local health services were condemned today for failing to make sexual healthcare a priority despite the spiralling rate of sexually transmitted infections.
Contraceptive...
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Overheated gilt markets burning pension funds
Fresh evidence of the additional £35bn headache caused to Britain's pension funds by the collapse in government bond yields since the turn of the year emerged yeste...
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