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Humanists UK – Think for yourself, act for everyone At Humanists UK, we want a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. We work to support lasting change for a better society, championing ideas for the one life we have. We do this because we’re humanists, people who shape our own lives in the here… Read more »
The MDU is a not-for-profit, mutual organisation wholly dedicated to our members’ interests. Our team is led and staffed by doctors with real-life experience of the pressures and challenges faced in practice. Since 1885, we have been indemnifying doctors for incidents arising from their clinical care of patients. We are proud of our heritage, but… Read more »
For 100 years, NARPO has provided an important voice for retired police officers across England and Wales, as well as their widows, widowers and former partners. Representing more than 89,000 members, NARPO is one of the largest public sector pensioner organisations in the country. Its aim is to safeguard the rights of members and to promote measures… Read more »
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) is a trade union of workers in the food industry. It was founded in 1847, in Manchester, by a group of Journeymen Bakers. The next year, the organisation began to operate on a national level, and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. In 1861 it played a… Read more »
Founded in 1908, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), formerly the Wildfowlers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI), is the largest fieldsports organisation in the UK. It campaigns to protect and promote country shooting and conservation. Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species. Today… Read more »
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The rise in the standard rate of value-added tax (VAT) puts this still newish tax into the spotlight – though it has arguably been there since its UK introduction in 1973. By John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation Why VAT – and what is it? The UK introduced VAT (and abolished purchase… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Britain’s new 20% rate of VAT is in line with many countries in Europe, a tax expert has pointed out. John Whiting, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), contrasted the new rate with Denmark’s 25% VAT rate after the decision announced in last year’s emergency Budget to raise… Read more »
