Downing Street has opened the door to charging motorists for every mile that they drive, saying the tax system must keep pace with the switch to electric vehicles. It came after Tony Blair’s think tank warned that billions of pounds of new taxes would be required to fill the possible shortfall created by moving awayContinue reading “Could Motorists Be Taxed For Every Mile They Drive?”
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Boris Has Spent More Than £163,000 On Union Flags
The Government has spent more than £163,000 on Union Flags in two years as part of its drive to promote pride in the national symbol. That figure, spent in 2020 and 2021, amounts to 85 per cent of flag purchases over the preceding four years. Data reported by a newspaper outlet noted spending had risenContinue reading “Boris Has Spent More Than £163,000 On Union Flags”
Boris Johnson Plans To Raise Chewing Gum Tax
A new tax on chewing gum is set to be introduced to help meet the cost of cleaning Britain’s streets. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to raise more than £100 million from the new scheme which will target gum manufacturers. About 300,000 pieces of discarded chewing gum can be found on Oxford Street, London atContinue reading “Boris Johnson Plans To Raise Chewing Gum Tax”
Family Shopping Trips To Supermarkets Could Be Banned Under New Rules
Families may be banned from doing their food shopping together, as part of new plans to curb the spread of COVID 19. Under tougher plans reportedly being considered by ministers, supermarkets could be encouraged to implement a shop alone strategy amid concerns that trips to the local store are being seen as a family outing.Continue reading “Family Shopping Trips To Supermarkets Could Be Banned Under New Rules”
We’re all in this Together!
David Cameron stated, “It was time to pull together,” in conjunction with his Conservative catchphrase of, “We’re all in this together”. Well, I can’t see much togetherness going on at the moment when Iain Duncan Smith’s department hands out gratuities of £44 million while reducing benefits for the vulnerable. What David Cameron in fact indicatedContinue reading “We’re all in this Together!”
E bay Astray!
It’s surprising that people are allowed to get away with this example of behaviour with a view to human life. This is about peoples private data that had been set onto a mainframe and, then put up for sale by a data destruction company that had been employed by the NHS Surrey. I guess that the wordsContinue reading “E bay Astray!”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 