Archive | April 10, 2012

4 year old boy found injured in street thought to have been stabbed

Police have said that a four year old boy who was found injured in the street is believed to have been stabbed. The child, who has not been named, was rushed to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham after he was discovered with serious injuries in Frederick Street, Mansfield, at about 1.30pm on Monday. The [...]

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Do the rich ‘use charities to cut tax’?

Downing Street has said that some of the country’s wealthiest people are donating to charities which ‘don’t do a great deal of charitable work’ so that they can ‘wipe out’ their income tax bills. No 10 have strongly defended the controversial plans in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget to cap tax relief on charitable donations, and [...]

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Sleep walking into pension poverty?

Pension funds down, final salary pensions closing, fewer people investing in their future, people living longer, annuities at an all time low, these are all recent headlines. As millions feel the pinch from soaring food and heating bills, one in five pensioners who retire this year will have to scrape by on less than £10,000. [...]

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Councils ask for a greater share of clubs levy

Councils have asked to be allowed to retain a larger share of the proposed new levy on late-opening bars and nightclubs. Town hall leaders have warned that a planned cap of 30% of their entitlement from the proceeds from the Late Night Levy is risking leaving local taxpayers out of pocket. The Home Office has [...]

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Should football clubs be paying more for police?

Following fresh claims that football matches can spark disorder and crime far from stadiums and their surrounding streets, clubs could be facing an increase in the policing costs which they pay. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has said that research which they commissioned has concluded that trouble on matchdays could be attributed to [...]

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