Friday June 22
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Burning Our Money: Weekly Waste Round-Up 61 - over £4 billion wasted this week.
Today's Media Coverage
- Time for council tax to go
Blair Gibbs, TPA Campaign Director, told 'The Independent Republic of Mike Graham' show on Edinburgh's Talk107 that council tax is an unfair system that must be scrapped.
- Extra Spending by the Scottish Parliament costs the average English family £350
"Blair Gibbs of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “Most people are content to let Scotland choose its own course, but the English won’t tolerate Scottish freeloading.” He added: “You can’t go your own way if you don’t pay your own way."
- Brown takes £24.6 billion in Death Tax
"GORDON Brown has raked in around £24.6 billion in inheritance tax since 1997, it emerged late last night."
News Round-Up
A quarter of teenagers take next to nothing from their education
"A quarter of teenagers are leaving school with practically nothing to show for 11 years of compulsory education, a report discloses today. Last year, about 147,000 pupils failed to get any GCSEs higher than a grade D. This included 28,000 - almost one in 20 - who failed to gain a qualification of any kind." - Telegraph
Barristers rake in legal aid cash
Tax Returns need to become simpler"Four barristers specialising in children's cases each received more than £400,000 in civil legal aid fees last year, the Ministry of Justice said yesterday." - Telegraph
"Sir - How refreshing it was to read Dr Madsen Pirie's viewpoint (Business, June 20) regarding the state of our complex tax system. I have been a practising accountant for more than 30 years, helping sole traders and partnerships, and numerous elderly clients, get their deserved tax refunds. I am amazed how much more complicated it all is after 10 years of Gordon Brown as Chancellor." - Letter to the Telegraph
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