Tory tax review seeks 'simpler, flatter' system
A Conservative party review of the tax system was launched today by the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, to look into "simpler, fairer and flatter taxes".
Sir Christo...
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Cost of studying in the regions
Student domicile: England
Place of study: England
Variable fees, up to £3,000 a year. Payment may be deferred until after graduation by taking out a loan for fees...
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Council tax 'should be based on annual price reviews
Council taxpayers may be shocked to discover how little scientific finesse went into determining the property values on which their bills for the past 12 years have been ...
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Call to scrap council tax bands
Homes should be taken off council tax bands and placed on an index-linked revaluation system updated each year to make the tax fairer, town hall finance experts said toda...
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Best health insurance provider: Westfield Health
This non-profit making health cash plan provider and winner of the health insurance category for the second year running, is not a company that rests on its laurels. Sinc...
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Ex-Treasury taxation chief predicts North Sea swoop
A former head of taxation at the Treasury has predicted a multi-billion-pound swoop on the cash-rich North Sea oil industry in Gordon Brown's pre-budget report this autum...
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Mickey Neale
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has one of the lowest rates of adult numeracy and literacy in the UK. Mickey Neale, the borough's street cleaning manager, knew...
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Scouting report: Boaz Myhill, Hull City
After several seasons of apprenticeship at Aston Villa in which he was loaned out or was the understudy to the likes of Mark Bosnich, David James and Peter Schmeichel, Bo...
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Violence blamed on teenage mums
Britain's high rate of teenage pregnancies is a principal factor in the cause of violent crime, according to a controversial report by a leading criminologist.
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OFT finds loan adverts breach code
Around two-thirds of adverts for loans found in local papers and car magazines fail to comply with new advertising regulations, the competition watchdog said today.
The ...
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