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Most recent annotations on things by Stephen Timms

  • wheresmydad.org.uk : And more or less 10 years ago as we introduced it, IR35 type legislation was repealed in USA and there a was a massive move of IT skills from the UK to USA. Ms Primarillo at the time was... (15 July 2009)
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  • John Freeman: "The old idea of a local tax office simply serving the local community has long been obsolete..." Well, this just sums up this government's attitude to taxpayers. Everything has to be big and... (13 March 2009)
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  • David Brede: Perhaps it would have been interesting to add how many left the country who were gainfully employed? (3 June 2008)
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  • mike beattie: Why not answer the question? It is obvious that taking away 25% of the income of a fund every year is bound to have a similar knock on effect to the pensioners in due course. It wasn't just... (11 May 2007)
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  • Mark Bestford: I'm rapidly heading towards the 40% tax bracket and in real terms I find I'm worse off now than when I earned a third of what I do now, back in 1997. Since Labour have been in power I have seen... (25 April 2007)
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  • Joyce Glasser: Mr Timms SAYS LOW INCOME WORKERS WILL BE "A LITTLE WORSE OFF" BY THE ABOLITION OF THE 10p TAX RATE BUT THAT IS MADE UP FOR BY OTHER CHANGES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE... (25 April 2007)
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  • mike beattie: So thats a yes then. Why not just say so. (28 March 2007)
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  • stephen reid: The comment about the increase in stamp duty is cynically disingenuous when one see how this Government has raised the burden over the years. By not raising the threshold enough, as with... (2 March 2007)
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  • sheila white: Mr Timms Would it be too much to ask for politicos such as yourself to address what is a problem, as opposed to giving non answers such as you have given to Mr Clappison. you see there are some... (26 January 2007)
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  • Della Petch: You don't get it, do you? An MP elected in Scotland is setting up his case to rule over England, yet this very same Scottish MP is presiding over a funding system that deliberately discriminates... (26 January 2007)
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  • kenneth conner: Yes, but now we know the truth, when can we expect a criminal investigation into the parts played by each party in the phenomenal success of this fraud? "The Great Phone Call Con".... (31 October 2006)
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  • Ian Cuddy: The NAO report said: "We found that, at September 2005, there were still significant risks that efficiencies were not being measured accurately and in many cases departments could not be sure... (17 May 2006)
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