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The new Finance Bill published today introduces two new taxes, taking the total number of taxes introduced this century to 20. Apart from two one-off levies, none of these or any other taxes have been abolished over this period. The two new taxes in the new Finance Bill are: A Residential Property Developer Tax (RPDT)… Read more »
A new ballistics study has revealed steel shot lethality is on a par with lead shot in ranges up to 50 yards. Commissioned by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Gun Trade Association (GTA), and undertaken at Cranfield University the study tested the theories behind moving two shot sizes larger when… Read more »
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By Richard Chidwick The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is more popular than his deputy leader Vince Cable for the first time following Politicshome.com’s weekly opinion poll. Mr Clegg’s popularity has shot up in tandem with Lib Dem’s record lead in the popularity polls. The party leader’s solid performance in the leadership debates precipitated his… Read more »
By Matthew West David Cameron has been urged to sack one of his front bench team as it emerged that he had made remarks that compared gay sex to the front line in war zones. Home secretary Alan Johnson has written to Mr Cameron calling for shadow defence minister Julian Lewis to be sacked after… Read more »
