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The EU talks of limiting tax avoidance, but its true agenda is tax harmonisation
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on Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 at 05:49 AM
In a few hours time, MEPs will divide on a motion that was supposed to be about deterring aggressive tax avoidance, but is really about tax harmonisation. The British Governments reasonable proposals for better exchange of information on what multi-nationals are paying proposals that were supposed to be global rather than European in their [...]House prices quadrupled during the typical mortgage term
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on Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 at 05:45 AM
House prices quadupled during the last quarter century and soared by more than 60pc in real terms after inflation is taken into account. No wonder bricks and mortar remain the biggest asset owned by many members of my generation. But home ownership has fallen by almost a tenth since it peaked more than a decade [...]It’s time to tackle Britain’s welfare ghettoes
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 05:30 PM
Any policy which will simplify our complex benefit system and ensure that employment pays more than welfare dependency is a good one. Signed On, Written Off, a new report published by The Centre for Social Justice think-tank, revealed that across Britain there are welfare ghettoes where more than half the working-age residents depend on out-of-work [...]Evening Briefing: Political Casualties
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 05:18 PM
The following is from our new briefing email, available to anyone who wants it. Just email james.kirkup@telegraph.co.uk with signup in the subject line to be added to our mailing list. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>The day today>> -Political casualty 1 Sir David Nicholson succumbed to the inevitable and announced that he will step down as Chief Executive of [...]Tories hold talks to plan legislation if Nick Clegg is forced out and they go it alone
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 02:40 PM
Nick Clegg is giving a speech tomorrow in which we gather he will address the question of the Coalitions ability to go the distance to 2015. I suspect he will use it to assert his commitment to making it work, whatever stresses the Tories might place on it. Events of recent weeks have cast a [...]Calm down, dears. Cameron’s going nowhere and he’ll lead the Conservatives to victory in 2015
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 01:35 PM
Some of my colleagues have become more than usually over-excited by the events of the last few days, predicting irrevocable splits in the Conservative Party, the demise of David Cameron, the triumph of Ukip and the permanent transformation of British politics. I think theyre wrong on all four counts. The Tory Party wont split, David [...]The best thing we could do for gay people is to stop talking about them as a breed apart
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 01:16 PM
The standard of debate in last nights Commons debate over gay marriage was impressive. Whatever ones feelings, it was clear that members had given the issue due consideration. Tim Loughtons skewering of the random selection of 4bn as the cost of instituting civil partnerships for conventional couples was particularly enjoyable, but the contributions of those [...]A response to Lord Tebbit, on the subject of gay marriage and lesbian queens
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 12:54 PM
The internet is having one of its periodic spasms of outrage-hilarity over some comments my colleague Lord Tebbit made to The Guardian this morning. On the subject of gay marriage, he said: When we have a queen who is a lesbian and she marries another lady and then decides she would like to have a [...]
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