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New top tax rate to be introduced to help pay for VAT cuts – but not yet

Another political trick, designed more to stifle the opposition than achieve anything significant, is the leaked plan to introduce a new higher rate of tax – but not now. It will be in the Labour Party...

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Smoke and mirrors in Pre-Budget Report disguises a borrowing nightmare – and...

Amongst the heavy use of smoke and mirrors in the Pre-Budget Report, there are three headline stories.The Chancellor has made the biggest ever cut to growth forecasts – dropping from his forecast of...

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UK drivers suffer highest fuel tax in Europe

Latest figures from the AA show that drivers in the UK are being subjected to petrol tax increases far in excess of anything endured across Europe.This hits places like Argyll, with all of the...

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LibDems challenged on VAT charges for mountain rescue teams

Argyll & Bute’s MSP, Jim Mather,  has joined with party colleagues in calling upon the UK government to treat Mountain Rescue teams fairly and make arrangements to refund or remove the imposition...

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UK Government closes VAT loophole on low value goods from Channel Islands

The UK government has announced plans to stop retailers avoiding paying VAT on low value goods – like CDs and DVDs – by procuring such goods from the Channel Islands.This oversight has been used more...

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Political responses to Westminster change of mind on tax on static caravan sales

In today’s budget statement, UK Chancellor George Osborne, moved away from his previously announced intention to levy 20% tax on sales of static caravans. There had previously been no tax payable on...

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Demand for Scotland’s prime sporting pursuits stays high

The Sporting Lets agency, run by CKD Galbraith, believes that the sporting season for 2013 will remain buoyant with continued strong demand for fishing, stalking and grouse shooting.Robert Rattray,...

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Andrew Argyle: The unnecessary threat to Grangemouth petrochemical

Threatened closure of INEOS’s Grangemouth petrochemical plant has been averted following a humiliating climb-down by the employees’ UNITE union and government intervention culminating in £134 million...

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#indyref: 36 answers in 39 steps

Charles Dixon-Spain, one of the three founding energies of For Argyll, the Director whose skills keep it online and whose inventiveness constantly develops its service, recently published an article on...

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Conundrums and codswallop on United Kingdom constitutional reform

Constitutional change in the United Kingdom is now inevitable. It is being driven by the pledge to devolve to Scotland powers additional to the 2012 Scotland ACt, which will come into being in 2015 and...

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Brown clueless in trying to swerve constitutional issues

Former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, has called for Scotland to ‘stop obsessing about constitutional issues’ and get on with developing the economic performance and the...

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