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This is not a good thing for the UK overall but 40% of the national tax take comes from London and the southeast. As has been pointed out to distracti...
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As our prime minister, Mr Micawber….oops, sorry, Mrs May, is well-known for thinking, something will turn up. Surely it will? Won’t it? As...
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On Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced his 2017 budget. He scrapped stamp duty on the purchase of houses priced under...
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I went to the bank recently to order some euros for a holiday on the continent. I said I’d like 300. The woman behind the counter asked if I mea...
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It was less than three months ago, when we had more than once been strongly informed that things were very stable and there was no chance of there bei...
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