UK Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax. UK wages taxed at 20%-45% + NIC. CGT 18%-24%, no NIC. Subject to ifs and buts: Denmark 27%-42% Norway 37.84% Netherlands 36% Ireland 33% Finland 30%-34% France 30%-34% Sweden 30% Spain 30% UK hits workers, showers gifts on the rich.

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Well, this is dragging on isn't it? How hard is this task, exactly, NCA? Another one who will face the "full force of the law"? In what decade is that likely to happen? The 'never' decade? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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First run of the HM plan - a threshold run in the rain (at least it wasn’t in the dark as well!) Struggled to hold the target speed but did my best. Five miles covered in total #running #oak

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You may have seen reports about the campaign for charities to be more 'transparent' about who funds them. Well it turns out the mysterious new right-wing think tank behind it won't say who funds or runs them, and used fake names for the authors of the report which launched their campaign

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there's a delicate balance to be struck between taxing the super rich and restoring a fairer distribution of wealth and whatever the option is we've been doing for the lsat twenty years or so. yep, lets go all in on the former.

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