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Should Brussels abolish zero-rate VAT for photo album print?
HMRC had accepted that a "photo book which possesses, as a minimum, several pages, a cover stiffer than its pages and is bound, will qualify for zero-rating as a book". Furthermore, her Majesty’s tax collectors accept that a book is not necessarily there to be read, but can also be designed to be looked at. The tax…
New build property for full time residents only
I've had one eye on this story for a while but have yet to see a thread here about it so thought I'd start one. St Ives council has been considering a local ban on the sale of new builds developments as second homes. The Cornish town has a high proportion of second homes, with local residents unable to get on the housing…
MSE News: EU referendum – one week to register to vote
The deadline to register to vote in the EU referendum on 23 June closes in one week – do you need to register?...Read the full story: 'EU referendum – one week to register to vote' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum?…
Just to Make Things Completely Clear
If you are a BTL LL and you use substantial leverage to finance your business then the Government absolutely wants to put you out of business. No ifs or buts. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/13/landlords-should-be-squealing-under-george-osbornes-crackdown-tr/
Can the UK afford the NHS (in its current form)?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36275608 Demand and therefore costs rising. Public purse under increasing strain. I don't think anywhere else in the word tries to offer this service in this way. Much like other old British social initiatives of which we are told we should be so proud it is simply not viable given our…
Can UK veto Turkey?
Following discussions today David Cameron said the UK has a veto on Turkey joining the EU, but the out campaign said it does not - does anyone know which is telling the truth??
Rent Price Crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36285049 This is interesting or should be to the people who think that there is no impact on rents with a movement between owner occupiers and rentals or vice versa I can confirm on my patch rentals are down notably and voids are up due to a shift from owners to renters as the BTL group…
Good times to be a London landlord
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/dramatic-population-increases-forecast-for-london-as-northern-towns-lose-workers#comment-74973092 Aberdeen not so much.
IMF says leaving the EU is a significant risk.
Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has warned that if Britain was to leave the European Union the impact would range from "pretty bad to very, very bad". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36291183 Meanwhile in other news...…
Tampon Tax : who should decide
should the UK government have the power to decide the level of VAT on tampons
Will Brexit lead to mass deportations?
I'm not sure if I have understood it correctly, but according to this article: http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-brexit-lead-mass-deportations/22942 which I don't bother quoting as you're all capable of clicking on a link, the moment the UK informs the EU of its intention to leave the club, both EU citizens in…
Woodgreen gentrification has began
The owner of the Hoxton hotel has funded the Green rooms art hotel in wooders ... https://mobile.twitter.com/greenroomshotel
Do migrants push up house prices?
The eastern EU nations got free movement in May 2004 if we look at terrace house prices from July 2004 (takes about 2 months to buy) to today we can have a look at how much the migrants might have added to house prices Birmingham £96k to £102k North East £71k to £66k North West £66k to £70k West Midlands £91 to £97k East…
Interesting Brexit video
Someone posted this onto a local forum I frequent. I thought it pretty much addressed all of the points for me. I'm not sure about the ending where it insists we will be forced into the Euro if we stay in the EU (though who knows what might happen in 20 years if they get their wish and we have a full federal Europe?)…
Money Moral Dilemma
My friend has joined an expensive club and without asking has enrolled me and all our other friends too! There are some benefits such as members being allowed to share stuff with other people in the club once joined etc, but I think existing members would still be happy to share with non-members. The usual cost is £18…
The economics of stadium food
Saw this on google news and thought it worthy of a thread. The NFL team Atlanta Falcons is having a new stadium built. As part of the new stadium, they are going to put up the number of food stalls and charge street food prices. The idea is to get more people to eat in the stadium, as they feel they will make more money…
Proof Dave can negotiate a deal if the need is there...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3603795/Dave-negotiates-good-deal-1-500-Nissan-Micra-SamCam-PM-stuns-staff-second-hand-car-dealership-constituency-turning-buy-car-driving-himself.html Pity it's the only deal that he's managed to do recently.... I'm actually surprised the deal didn't end in it costing £20k and him…
When did the London gentrification start?
Interesting question in another thread. I think Late 1990s The demographic falls in London after ww2 started to slowly reverse around the 1980s and the right to buy was introduced. Both were important changes going from contraction to expansion In the 1990s council house building started to fall away which was a very…
UK Spaceport
Why on earth would the UK site a Spaceport in Scotland, when every other week there is some SNP politician banging on about another referendum and leaving the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36303741 http://www.spaceportscotland.org/
Do people think native English people will be forced to move to out of London?
Do people think that native English people will be just priced out of london by both foreign investors and immigrants?

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