So we don’t know yet but we will do soon
Does the 50p tax rate actually increase total revenues? The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments from those paying by self-assessment last month, a drop of £509 million compared with January 2011. Most other taxes produced higher revenues over the same period. Senior sources said that the first official figures indicated that there
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More teenagers will fail A-levels and GCSEs as exam system toughened up, warns Michael Gove
More teenagers will fail A-levels and GCSEs after the exams are toughened up and coursework scrapped, Michael Gove, the education secretary has warned.
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Somalia to get millions in rebuilding aid
Millions of pounds of aid for Somalia is expected to be announced at a major conference in London tomorrow, as politicians seek to break the cycle of violence and start to rebuild the country.
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Progress column
My Progress column this week is a response to Jack Straw's call for abolition of the European Parliament:
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Emlyn Hooson (1925-2012)
It is with much regret that Liberal Democrat Voice has received word that Lord Hooson, former Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, passed away peacefully yesterday. Emlyn Hooson was educated at Denbigh Grammar School and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, before serving in the Royal Navy in World War II. By 1960, he had become the youngest
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