Review of the Papers, Tuesday 29 May
Government The taxman is preparing to clamp down on tens of thousands of buy-to-let property owners who may not have paid enough tax, The Times has learnt. HM Revenue & Customs has identified 80,000 landlords who may have claimed too much…
The nuclear "option"
It was probably no more than a happy coincidence (for the Government) that the Planning and Energy White Papers were published on consecutive days. Nevertheless, as most people have noticed, the two are intimately linked by the need for a…
Big Brother is taxing you
Sinister goings on at our town halls. It appears that 68 of them have already installed microchips in to our bins without even telling us. That is more than three million households in Britain who are well equipped to be taxed for their…
Review of the Papers, Wednesday 23 May
The government's policy on reforming the housing market was thrown into disarray last night as the communities secretary, Ruth Kelly, was forced into a last-minute retreat over the controversial introduction of home information packs. The…
We all told you so! As usual the Government didn't listen
No prizes for guessing what the papers are full of today. The slow motion car crash that has been in the making for many, many months now has finally made impact - though not entirely in the manner predicted nor has the crashing car come…
Public sector reform has failed us all
As the Blair era comes to and end, there is and has already been much reflection on the past 10 years. Reform was always at the top of the New Labour agenda way back when before 1997. It was greeted with cheers and provided hope to the…
Blair Force One ready for launch
Blair Force One is ready for launch. In fact, both of them are. Our outgoing PM has finally sanctioned the purchase of over £100m worth of aircrafts so that his best buddy Gordon and the Queen don't have to mix with the hoi polloi when…
Tax credits costing billions
What exactly is the point in the tax credit system? It seems to me just a way of confusing the tax system as much as possible so that people are so baffled they mess up their claims for what is rightfully, under the system, theirs. The…
Review of the Papers, Tuesday 22 May
The government's tax credit scheme was branded "a shambles" yesterday after it was alleged that the cost of fraud and poor administration was likely to be more than £9bn in its first three years - 50% more than previous estimates. http…