National Issue
Welfare Reform Bill set to shake up Britain’s benefits culture
Welfare reform bill aims to create the right incentives to get more people into work, protect the most vulnerable in society, and deliver fairness to benefit claimants and the taxpayer
BT Announces the Winners of the Race to Infinity
The telecom giant BT Retail has announced six towns in the UK as winners in the recently concluded Race to Infinity campaign. . The three-month competition which started on 4th October 2010, is intended to bring superfast broadband to the rural areas of the UK that have shown the highest demand. . The competition winners […]
Benefits Shakeup – It pays to work
I was on the road yesterday (I seem to do too much driving for my own good), and listening to Jeremy Vine show on Radio2. The comments and calls on the issue of Benefits was interesting, but perhaps overshadowed by the violence of the student’s protest the day before. The announcements of the shakeup of […]
Effects of new Tax Changes
1.Tax free allowance increase in stages, to reach £10,000, currently £6,500. 2. Employees NIC going up slightly, but not employers NIC 3. CGT – going up from 18% to 40%, but likely to affect non-business assets, like second homes and shares. 4. VAT may go up from 17.5% to 20% or more. Emergency budget will […]