Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill – Friday 27th January
Nigel Mills MP: Is my right hon. Friend aware of the data which suggest that almost twice as much will be raised from companies moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland than from those moving into Northern Ireland from overseas? If that is the…
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Since 2010, the Conservative-led Government’s Council Tax freeze budget has enabled Councils to reduce Council Tax by 11% on average – worth the equivalent of £1,075 to the average Band D taxpayer in comparison to the period between 1997 and 2010, when bills more than doubled. I welcome that the Government…
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In a joint letter with my Parliamentary neighbours Pauline Latham MP and Andrew Bridgen MP, I recently wrote the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to urge him to support hard-working and hard-pressed families by scrapping Air Passenger Duty on children’s flights (2-11 years) in his Autumn Statement tomorrow. I…
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On Monday 3rd November, I voted against the money resolution required to progress the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill.
As some of my constituents may be aware from when I have written about this previously, Michael Moore MP, a Liberal Democrat, has tabled a Private Member’s Bill to enshrine in…
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On Wednesday 29th October, I spoke in the Second Reading of the Taxation of Pensions Bill debate. As part of the 2014 Budget, the Government announced proposals to allow people aged 55 and above, from April 2015, access to their money purchase pension savings as they wish during retirement. This…
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As published in the Ripley & Heanor, Thursday 30th October 2014
We’ve had some great news on the economy over the past couple of weeks, with the JSA claimant count confirmed as 2.2% in Amber Valley in September, compared to 3% last year and 4.9% when I was elected – that’s…
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