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Daily Archives: October 14, 2010
HIGH EARNERS HIT BY REVISED PENSION TAX RELIEF
Pensions tax relief will be slashed from April 2011. Currently high earners can bank up to £250,000 a year into their pension pots without paying a penny in tax. This will drop by 80% to £50,000 from next year, bringing … Continue reading
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CONDEM COALITION LIGHT BONFIRE OF THE QUANGOS
Francis Maude today announced the abolition of 192 quangos with a further 118 to be merged. It’s thought thousands of jobs will go, but when pressed Maude refused to give any indication of how many people will be made redundant … Continue reading
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QUALITY RANT AGAINST CONDEM DECISION TO AXE CONSUMER FOCUS
Consumer Focus is one of the more controversial quangos to face the chop. Set up to champion and protect the ordinary Joe in the face of any wrongdoings from big business, if the watchdog is scrapped as planned it will … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonfire of the quangos, Consumer Focus, Gabby Logan, Martin Lewis, Quangos, Radio Five Live, Spending cuts
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