Treasury cracks down on civil servant tax dodge loophole
Around 2,400 civil servants are receiving their salary ‘off payroll’, which means they may have dodged the full rate of income tax, Danny Alexander has revealed.
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Treasury cracks down on civil servant tax dodge loophole
Around 2,400 civil servants are receiving their salary ‘off payroll’, which means they may have dodged the full rate of income tax, Danny Alexander has revealed.
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Bean says QE effect on pensions is "exaggerated"
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Charles Bean, says that how quantitative easing affects pension funds depends on whether the fund has a deficit to begin with or not.
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Cable says no place for "no fault dismissal" in Beecroft Report
The government-commissioned Beecroft Report into employment law is published today and Business Secretary Vince Cable says that there is "no place" for one of its recommendations.
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Retirement savings reach an eight year low
Almost a quarter of adults in the UK are failing to save for their retirement, a new survey from Scottish Widows reveals.
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Unemployment drops by 45,000 to 2.63m as rate falls by 0.2%
Official unemployment figures published today show unemployment fell by 45,000 in the three months to March, contradicting GDP data that shows the UK in recession. |
2012 babies won't receive state pension until age 77, says PwC
A new report says that increased life expectancy means that babies born in 2012 should expect to work until they are 77 and there children won't receive state pension until aged 84. |
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UK unemployment to reach 9% by the end of the year, says NIESR |
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Why is the UK in a recession when unemployment is falling?
A change in the type of work people are doing and the shortfall between earnings growth and inflation explain the reason that unemployment is falling during a double-dip recession. |
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Has the Bank of England's quantitative easing policy harmed pension incomes as suggested by a Treasury committee budget report published this week or is the criticism overstated? |
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