Faisal Islam
Is the tycoon tax threatening the big society?
Why tax changes proposed in the budget could undo the good work of Big Society Capital – the body launched to fund social investment.
Search results for ‘council tax’
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Lib Dem conference: Nick Clegg targets tax
As Lib Dems gather for their annual conference, the deputy prime minister will give a speech to demand lower taxes for low and middle income earners as well as more tax on unearned wealth.
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U-turn on charitable giving tax relief cap
George Osborne announces a U-turn on controversial plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations following intense lobbying by charities and philanthropists.
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Cameron: we want the tax dodgers
People who use charities as a front to avoid tax are the real target of a government clampdown on charitable giving, Prime Minister David Cameron tells Channel 4 News, as the charity tax row grows.
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Is the granny tax really so unjust?
There have been howls of anguish from pensioners and the press over the chancellor’s plans to make tax allowances for the retired less generous. But is the raid on pensioners really so unfair?
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People to receive personal tax statements
Taxpayers are to to be given a personal statement telling them how much money is deducted from their earnings and what this is spent on, but they will not learn what they are paying in indirect taxes.
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Coalition could scrap 50p tax rate
Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms to Channel 4 News that the Liberal Democrats are pushing for a shift in this month’s budget away from the 50p tax rate and towards a “mansion tax”.
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Council workers face another pay freeze
Union leaders are threatening industrial action, after local authorities said 1.6 million council workers are to be hit by a pay freeze for the third year in a row.
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Families ‘£580 worse off’ after tax and benefit changes
Ed Miliband has warned that the so-called “squeezed middle” are set to feel the pinch even more thanks to changes in the tax and benefits system.
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Call to save pubs with more tax breaks
With an estimated 16 public houses closing in the UK each week, a think tank report calls for tax breaks for pubs which improve community life in order to help them survive.
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Aliens and exorcists – councils’ strangest FOI requests
The Local Government Association releases a list of the most unusual freedom of information requests – but is the cost of freedom too high?
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Archbishop backs ‘Tobin tax’ on banks
In a major statement backing the protest outside St Paul’s Cathedral, Dr Rowan Williams calls for moves to “effect credible change” in the financial system.
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50p tax rate may be losing government money
The top rate of income tax may not be raising any revenue for the government and could even be losing it money, a think tank is warning.
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Exclusive: 90 per cent of councils slashing bus subsidies
Most English local authorities are cutting subsidies to unprofitable bus routes in a move that threatens to leave pensioners out in the cold, Channel 4 News learns.
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FactCheck: Can councils ‘convict and evict’ rioters?
There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.
