There’s an interesting and enigmatic note on page 223 of the budget report. It says with regard to excise duties: Small consignment reliefA.124 A measure
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My immediate instinct on hearing the budget was that it was a clever tax raising exercise. A review of the Budget publications proves I am
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It’s curious to note that the Budget press releases contain not a single reference to these issues.

One advantage of being of a certain age (and I happened to hit 49 today) is that you can recall a fair number of budgets.
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Listening to Prime Minister’s Question Time prior to Gordon Brown’s Budget speech I heard Ming Campbell, leader of the Liberal Democrats aim a first rate
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Reuters has reported on the resolution of the tussle about bribery and corruption at the top of the World Bank. Put simply (and in this
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The BBC reported an important development in the CD market yesterday. As they noted: Online music store CD-Wow has been found in contempt of court
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The Transport and General Workers Union issued this press release yesterday: TGWU: Chancellor should target the true tax evaders to tackle inequalityTuesday, 20 Mar 2007
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