News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Labour faces accusations of intending to raise council tax on homes with larger gardens by using satellite surveillance to spy on property sizes, should the party come into power.
Angela Rayner is facing fresh police scrutiny over allegations of tax evasion linked to her former council house.
The so-called Conservative party has mooted removing non-dom tax status as a way of raising more tax revenue. It's unlikely to work, says Mr Chips. Focusing on creating value would be a much better place to start.
Eugyppius reports from the frontline of the German farmers' protest in Berlin, sparked by an agricultural diesel tax hike, now morphing into a wider anti-tax movement and expression of discontent with the Government.
Nigel Farage has hinted that he could join the Conservatives if there was a change of leader as he blasted the party for imposing the third lockdown and for overseeing record tax levels and immigration figures.
A drag story time activity, rainbow flags and three kilometres of rainbow bunting were just some of the items for which the taxpayer footed the bill during this year's Pride event.
We now face the entirely likely and illogical situation whereby HMRC will attempt to close businesses which may have a Government-backed loan, the cost to the taxpayer of which may be higher than the actual debt itself.
Britain's families face paying hundreds of pounds more a year on food, flying and shipping costs to meet the net-zero emissions target by 2050, according to a new report.
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