Tag: Sarah Olney
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Lib Dems call for Biden-style tax on share buybacks at spring conference
[ad_1] “In the last two years, share buyback programmes from the hundred biggest firms on the Stock Exchange reached record highs, exceeding £50 billion a year. Just think what our economy could have achieved if this money was spent on productive investment — think of the progress we could have made on the green transition.…
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London crime shock as 30,000 burglaries are unsolved in 12 months
[ad_1] Just 1,103 cases – 2.9% – reported between September 2022 and September 2023 resulted in a suspect being charged [ad_2] Source link
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Hammersmith Bridge fiasco as cost of repairing Thames crossing soars to £250million
[ad_1] The bridge, a Grade II*-listed iron structure that opened in 1887, used to carry about 22,000 vehicles a day and seven bus routes. It was closed in April 2019 by Hammersmith and Fulham council after safety sensors on the bridge, which links Hammersmith and Barnes, detected “dangerous micro-fractures” in the pedestals that hold the…
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Health Secretary: Avoiding winter crisis in NHS is ‘number one priority’
[ad_1] Victoria Atkins defended the efforts being made to assist the health service. [ad_2] Source link
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Calls for inquiry after 2,000 Government devices lost or stolen in last year
[ad_1] The Government has spent at least £944,092 replacing the lost devices. [ad_2] Source link
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Hunt warns of ‘difficult decisions’ on benefits but mulls inheritance tax cut
[ad_1] Inheritance tax is charged at 40% on estates of more than £325,000, with an extra £175,000 towards a main residence passed to direct descendants. But the Tories are said to be considering cutting it in half before a potential promise to abolish it entirely in the next Tory manifesto, which could cost £7 billion…