Creaking finances After 10 serene years in economic terms as chancellor, Brown is now facing the perfect fiscal storm as prime minister. Falling income tax revenue as unemployment rises, and the economic pinch, may switch consumer spending into necessity goods from luxuries, hitting VAT receipts. The housing slump will affect stamp duty, and capital gains and corporation tax will be similarly hit. … [Read more...] about Treasury denies plan to ditch golden rules as pressure grows on finances
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Kim Kardashian turns seductress in sexy SKIMS campaign promoting ‘gravity-defying’ tights amid Kanye West ‘divorce’
While it's be said that there isn't one issue that was the straw that broke the camel's back, Kanye is rumored to have become envious of just how much time his wife has spent on her new passion for enacting prison reform as well as doting on their four children. … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian turns seductress in sexy SKIMS campaign promoting ‘gravity-defying’ tights amid Kanye West ‘divorce’
EU launches Year of Rail campaign amid drop in passenger numbers
"We can better align the price of using transport with its societal costs, including pollution. This would reduce the cost disadvantage of greener transport alternatives, such as rail. As foreseen in our Mobility Strategy, all external costs of transport within the EU shall be covered by the transport users by 2050 at the latest," said Valean. … [Read more...] about EU launches Year of Rail campaign amid drop in passenger numbers
MPs urge new Business Secretary to revive steel industry amid coronavirus fears
“But the reality is that for far too long they’ve been forced to compete with one hand tied behind their backs, because for the last 10 years the UK Government has failed to give our steel industry the support that it needs and deserves.” … [Read more...] about MPs urge new Business Secretary to revive steel industry amid coronavirus fears
Germany: Red Army Faction cache barrel found in forest
Films about far-left German terrorist group RAF Collateral damage In "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum," a young woman played by Angela Winkler has an affair with an alleged terrorist, drawing the attention of the police, the judiciary system and the press. The 1975 film by Volker Schlöndorrf, based on a book by Heinrich Böll, is a fictional story based on the left-wing terrorism that took place in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. … [Read more...] about Germany: Red Army Faction cache barrel found in forest