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Get That Lube Out

February 28, 2021 Longrider 22

Having shafted the self-employed by shutting us down over what is an unpleasant, but not especially virulent respiratory disease, Sunak is going to do what […]

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Oh, Joy

July 8, 2020 Longrider 5

How long before the scammers start calling? Every household can apply for a £5,000 voucher under a £3billion drive for ‘greener’ homes, hospitals and schools […]

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Simple

November 19, 2017 Longrider 14

The chancellor is being urged to find billions to prop up the NHS. Always assuming this is the desirable thing to do rather than pay off […]

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Three Holes in the Ground

March 15, 2017 Longrider 0

Well, well, well. Philip Hammond has defended ditching the national insurance rise for the self-employed that was the centrepiece of his first budget, just a […]

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U Turn if You Want To…

March 10, 2017 Longrider 5

I smell the smell of frantic back pedalling. Labour’s shadow chancellor says the government is in disarray after Theresa May said Budget tax rises would […]

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Further To…

March 9, 2017 Longrider 2

This, Hammond and the Guardian are trying to rationalise what amounts to picking the pockets of the self-employed. Narrowing the tax gap between self-employed workers […]

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Thieving Scum

March 8, 2017 Longrider 21

The Tories are no different from the thieving Labour scum. Philip Hammond set out a brighter outlook for the economy in the short term, and […]

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Meet the New Boss

March 16, 2016 Longrider 15

Same as the old boss. Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a tax on the makers of sugary soft drinks to tackle childhood obesity. So, there […]