The problem is that one can always raise tax rates. It's quite a lot more difficult to achieve sustained increases to the tax take. And it's virtually impossible to do either of these witho… (View Post)

It depends on *what* you are manufacturing. Final, light engineering processes (e.g. car manufacturing) are mostly (although not exclusively) this. Heavy engineering (e.g. steel production) still tak… (View Post)

FPT 1) Sort of. If your sales of VAT-able items are over £90k in a 12month period, then you have to register. This will include sales of things zero rated for VAT, but not things exempt from VAT. I t… (View Post)

Three things. 1) She hasn't been wandering around complaining bitterly complaining about politicians being dirty little grifters, got elected to clean up politics, and then turned out have her s… (View Post)

If the Tories have Farage back as leader, it may splinter off some of the left of the party - but at the same time, it heals the huge chasm that's been opened up by Reform. A lot of the BigG typ… (View Post)