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Hundreds of contractor jobs have been lost following Labour’s decision to scrap the controversial Rwanda asylum plan, highlighting how political agendas can directly impact contracting opportunities. According to an LBC report, 280 Home Office contractors hired to implement the deportation scheme have been made redundant. The plan, a key policy of the previous Conservative government, […]

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Tory MP severance payments to cost taxpayers £35m https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/tory-mp-severance-payments-to-cost-taxpayers-35m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tory-mp-severance-payments-to-cost-taxpayers-35m https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/tory-mp-severance-payments-to-cost-taxpayers-35m/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:53:24 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=22700

A potential electoral defeat for the Conservative Party could result in a significant financial burden for British taxpayers, amounting to an estimated £35 million, it has been reported. This expense stems from the anticipated costs associated with severance payments to outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) and staff, who would be entitled to substantial redundancy packages […]

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Tax avoidance crackdown to target traders, small biz https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/tax-avoidance-crackdown-to-target-traders-small-biz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tax-avoidance-crackdown-to-target-traders-small-biz https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/tax-avoidance-crackdown-to-target-traders-small-biz/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:45:45 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=22280

The Conservative Party wants to raise £6bn a year by clamping down on tax avoidance and evasion with the proceeds of the tax revenue received to go towards childcare benefits and to help pay for the proposal to introduce national service for 18-year-olds and to keep state pensions outside the threshold for income tax. Some […]

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