Before New Labor's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, I learned from reliable City sources that the party's future chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his economic adviser Ed Balls were planning a tax seizure of Britain's pension funds.Working secretly with the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, they worked on a law that would repeal the tax breaks that British companies enjoyed on dividend payments into company pension schemes.The estimated £5 billion a year the government...
Sara Kozak, the highly experienced former Investigation Discovery exec, is back with new media consultancy Hudson House Media and has words of advice for those dismayed by the fortunes of the TV business.
The transport secretary says there is “nothing” in Labour’s plan that will make rail services better for passengers.
The shadow transport secretary says neither passengers or taxpayers "can afford for things to continue like this”.
In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms. This week he asks whether Labour's plan to revive the high street will work.
Bonds are an important part of a typical investment portfolio. That’s especially true the closer you get to retirement and once you’ve retired. Bonds typically lower the overall risk of your portfolio vs. putting together a portfolio comprised of 100% equities (stocks). However, during the period following the onset of COVID-19 (when inflation jumped to […]
Low-quality green belt areas will be classed as "grey belt" and targeted for development, Labour say.
The City of Lathrop in 2012 saw the proverbial writing on the wall. Relying on a fire district dependent only on property taxes was severely compromising the ability to protect homes, businesses, and lives within the city limits.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A sweeping tax plan vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly is getting a second chance after Legislators voted to override the veto decision Friday. Kansas representatives voted to override Kelly's veto at 104 to 15 on April 26. The tax package, Substitute for House Bill 2036, now moves to the Senate for a []
With housing debates finally nearing on Beacon Hill, a major real estate industry group will attempt to rally opposition against potential new fees on high-value property sales through a concentrated campaign, and its leaders plan to spend "what is necessary" on the effort.
TOPEKA (AP) - Kansas' Democratic governor on Wednesday vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months, describing it as “too expensive” despite the bipartisan support it enjoyed in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Gov. Laura Kelly and her staff had signaled that she had misgivings about a package of income, sales and property []
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...