The welfare secretary has been privately arguing in cabinet that the universal winter heating allowance (an annual £200 currently sent to all households containing someone over 60, rich or poor, rising to £300...
Some 15,000,000 people are now reportedly on a wrong tax code caused by the introduction of a new computer system to which pensioners be among those worst hit. An HMRC spokesman said "Our contact centres are able to quickly correct inaccuracies, when contacted by the...
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Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue. Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for...
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"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....
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Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out a plan to allow British firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job applicants. The new plan would not require firms to do so, but would allow...
In a land where old people will soon outnumber young by many to one this has to be good news! " Elderly people should no longer be denied NHS treatment, credit cards, travel insurance or even car hire because of their age, under government plans to outlaw age...
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THE organiser of this year's Bournemouth Literary Festival has said that the town's "stuffy" reputation is a thing of the past - and has created an erotic fiction workshop this weekend to prove it.
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"Four daily newspapers are joining forces in a bid to tackle the problem of suicide in Northern Ireland.
The Irish News, News Letter, Belfast Telegraph and Daily Mirror have chosen 10 September to publish a joint statement.
The date marks Suicide prevention day. All four will...
"You have to hand it to these folks - age should never be a barrier. Think of the benefits - mental stimulation, better class of drugs (both oral and snorted I guess!), exercise prancing about on stage. I winder...
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"ncome Trust investors were given the bums rush last fall when Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that the Conservatives were breaking their promise and taxing this lucrative tax loophole. But wait it was just an announcement they still haven't come up with a policy...
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""But big tax cuts cost big money. As the Star's Les Whittington reported this week, one of the anticipated cuts is income splitting, a neo-conservative pet project that would reduce federal revenues by — holy smokes — $5 billion annually.Is that good value?...
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"Flaherty has tried to pass this income splitting proposal off as a "tax fairness" measure, saying that it will "strengthen the social security system" and "significantly enhance the incentives to save and invest for family retirement security."...
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"First income trusts, next tax havens? About time. Like the Ponzi Income Trusts now the Conservatives are cracking down on the other capitalist tax avoidance scheme, one favoured by Canadian Ruling Class scions like the Irvings and Bronfmans. "
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