Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/tax.html en-en Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/tax.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/epolitix/20080722/tpl-government-faces-eco-town-challenge-0a1c1a1.html /epolitix/20080722/r_t_epolitix_pl_poli/tpl-government-faces-eco-town-challenge-0a1c1a1_1 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0000 The government's controversial plans to build 10 eco-towns could be the subject of a legal challenge by the Local Government Association (LGA). Epolitix http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080722/tbs-uk-enterprise-inns-03c9bed.html /rtrs/20080722/r_t_rtrs_bs_company/tbs-uk-enterprise-inns-03c9bed_1 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:00 +0000 Enterprise Inns , Britain's second-biggest pubs group, said on Tuesday that group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation had come under pressure during the first 42 weeks of its financial year due to a continuing decline in beer sales. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080722/tbs-norway-oil-price-tax-climate-5268574.html /afp/20080722/r_t_afp_bs_economy/tbs-norway-oil-price-tax-climate-5268574_1 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:50:00 +0000 In Norway, many motorists are up in arms over why they have to pay the highest petrol (gasoline) prices in Europe when the country is the world's fifth-largest oil exporter and a recent tax hike has done little to cool tempers. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080718/tpl-argentina-economy-politics-food-tax-9eb7866.html /afp/20080718/r_t_afp_pl_economy/tpl-argentina-economy-politics-food-tax-9eb7866_3 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:49:00 +0000 Argentina said Friday it was dropping a controversial plan to raise taxes on its all-important grain exports, one day after the government was dealt a defeat on the measure in the senate. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080717/tpl-uk-usa-politics-mccain-81f3b62.html /rtrs/20080717/r_t_rtrs_pl_security/tpl-uk-usa-politics-mccain-81f3b62_2 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:40:00 +0000 Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes Democrat Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Europe is tantamount to holding political rallies abroad. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/epolitix/20080716/tpl-clegg-pledges-tax-cuts-for-low-and-m-0a1c1a1.html /epolitix/20080716/r_t_epolitix_pl_poli/tpl-clegg-pledges-tax-cuts-for-low-and-m-0a1c1a1_1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0000 The Liberal Democrats have promised to cut taxes for low and middle-income earners through a £20bn reduction in government spending. Epolitix http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080716/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc.html /rtrs/20080716/r_t_rtrs_pl_macro/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc_4 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:49:00 +0000 Hundreds of thousands of local government workers went on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over pay that paralysed services from education to rubbish collection. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/politics/20080716/tpl-darling-scraps-fuel-tax-rise-81c5b50.html /politics/20080716/r_t_politics_pl/tpl-darling-scraps-fuel-tax-rise-81c5b50_1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:18:34 +0000 The chancellor Alistair Darling has scrapped a 2p rise in fuel tax. Politics.co.uk http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080716/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc.html /rtrs/20080716/r_t_rtrs_pl_macro/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc_3 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:01:00 +0000 Hundreds of thousands of local government workers went on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over pay that threatened to paralyse services from education to rubbish collection. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080716/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc.html /rtrs/20080716/r_t_rtrs_pl_macro/tpl-uk-britain-strike-047fedc_1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:55:00 +0000 More than half a million local government workers are expected to strike on Wednesday as a dispute over pay threatens to paralyse services from education to rubbish collection. Reuters