Showing posts with label taxation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxation. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

“There is no magic money tree” say the people who think there's a magic housing tree, health, education and police trees

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OUR RELATED STORIES: £100bn a year is missing from our high streets thanks to 50 years of pay squeezes Why does everyone say i...
Sunday, 26 March 2017

Hoping for a Brexit U-turn? Then let's U-turn inequality. Except Hammond’s budget is making it worse.

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Almost four decades of widening inequality caused Brexit. Who seriously thinks we’d have voted Brexit if low-end wages had risen in line wi...
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Saturday, 11 March 2017

"Austerity” cuts to tax credits/benefits have hit women hardest: £79bn against £13bn for men

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Fee and Chris wonder whether a female PM's chancellor will do better... SOURCE GUARDIAN : Women bearing 86% of austerity burden, C...
Saturday, 25 February 2017

Why does everyone say inequality is falling, when it's rising? Because they're only counting incomes, not all wealth (property, pensions, etc.)

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Inequality has reduced! No it hasn’t. Yes it has! I heard Dimbleby say it on Question Time. And the Lefties all nodded solemnly. ...
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Thursday, 26 January 2017

The NHS is not a “cost”. It creates nationwide jobs, technology, growth and wealth. Oh, and health

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Where are the jobs and economic growth of tomorrow going to come from? One dead cert is healthcare. So it completely mystifies me that the...
Thursday, 15 December 2016

Govia’s Southern Rail made a unique deal with government. The cost of any strike action is borne by the taxpayer. £50m so far

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Chris and KJ realise it's Govia Southern Rail that has us over a barrel... SOURCE TELEGRAPH : Taxpayers foot £50m bill for South...
Tuesday, 20 September 2016

EU rules that Apple must pay, retrospectively, €13bn in taxes plus interest to Ireland

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SOURCE BBC NEWS : Apple should give Ireland 13bn euros in unpaid taxes, European Commission rules After a three-year investigation, the...
Friday, 24 June 2016

EU and immigration: The fact is, the population rose just as much between the war and the 70s. Then, we built more houses, schools, hospitals. Now we don’t

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KJ, Fee and Chris decide to stop blaming everyone else... SOURCE: House of Commons Library - A Century of Change: Trends in UK Stati...
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016

The system of tax relief costs £30bn a year and goes overwhelmingly to those who need it least

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WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY By tax specialist Jolyon Maugham QC at www.waitingfortax.com Twitter @JolyonMaugham This year we’ll colle...
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Monday, 18 April 2016

Inheritance Tax is easily avoided by the extremely wealthy. They don't even need to hide their wealth offshore, they can do it in plain sight.

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In April 2016 the " Panama Papers ", a vast document leak revealing offshore tax dodging, reminded us how extremely helpful Br...