The Sovereign Grant to the King doesn’t count as taxable income. Payments by the state to Britons, such as the state pension, carer’s allowance, contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, and contribution-based employment and support allowance are taxable. That's the law.

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Borders, books and bans www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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this is a great @ripejournal.bsky.social paper that develops green macrofinancial regimes into an important new direction: fragmentation within state elites - cc @benbraun.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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New Green Party of Canada mayor in Vancouver www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... At the end of the article there's something that may interest #Localgov people in UK - 'advisory plebiscite' votes. EURef aside, could these work with local elections, & help raise turnout? 1/2 -->

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A Celtic conundrum for #StoneHeadSunday A 22cm high limestone carved head from Bath (AQUAE SULIS) #Somerset With no context, it’s difficult to say much about this other than it looks Romano Celtic Could it be the goddess Sulis? From the Legg Bequest © Trustees of the British Museum 2013.8017.71

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