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Is their tax bill the single biggest cost of living for most households in the UK?
Mark Littlewood wrote an opinion article in The Telegraph [unpaywalled alternative] atacking the UK's Conservative Party.
He claimed:
For most households, the single biggest cost of living is their ...
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Did Whiskey taxation make up 30%-50% of England's revenue?
In this article it is claimed that (1st paragraph):
Especially in England and Ireland, it became the drink of choice, and through taxation, came to contribute 30%-50% of the nation’s revenue.
This ...
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Are razor blades tax-free in the UK?
A comic by artist Naoise Dolan published March 2015 has been circulating heavily on social media:
The world according to the UK government:
Men’s razors are taxed as necessities because you need to ...
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Does Scotland receive more public funding than its tax-payers contribute?
On the 18th of September 2014 the Scottish people will vote in a Referendum. The question:
"Should Scotland be an independent country?"
As you might expect the magnitude of this event has dredged ...
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