Two points
My guess is that if a vote were taken this business of putting clocks back and hour and six months later putting them forward would cease. Entirely separately HM Treasury want to charge Inheritance Tax to estates affected after they have received the Factor 8 compensation - possibly £1m or more. Thus the state has delayed payments such that those due the compensation could never spend it or give it away when just such developments could have been sensibly attended to had HM T
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From today's Times letters page
Sir, Treasury proposals to merge betting and gaming taxes into a single “remote betting and gaming duty” (RBGD) would have devastating consequences for the horseracing industry, with a severe impact on the tens of thousands of livelihoods and businesses it supports across the country.
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Gold
Enough is enough. So I bought gold again this morning $4,150. Written by Simon Cawkwell, October 2025
5 days ago1 min read
ISA changes
I suspect that Reeves will reduce the annual shares ISA subscription quite sharply. So for those who are in a position to do so pay as much as you can for beneficiaries within the next few days. Written by Simon Cawkwell, October 2025
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