Posted on November 27, 2007 by Editor
The Conservatives have called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to do more to boost the Northern Ireland economy. Currently it relies on an unsustainable £8 billion pound annual subvention from central Government, representing more than 70% of GDP. Jeffrey Peel, Vice Chairman of Northern Ireland Conservatives, has put pressure on the Government to give more attention [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by Editor
Ahead of the report by Sir David Varney into the Northern Ireland tax system, the Conservatives have announced they would not introduce a differential corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland. They understand the local economy needs transforming and the current subvention from central Government of over £8 billion, representing more than 70% of GDP, is [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2007 by Editor
By Jeff Peel - Willie O’Dea (Irish Minister of Defence) writing in the Sunday Independent today highlight’s Sinn Fein’s desire to see the top rate of income tax in the Republic increase to 50% and corporation tax hiked to 17.5%. Meanwhile the DUP is arguing that our rate of corporation tax needs to be reduced [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2007 by Editor
BBC Newsnight reported last night that the two so-called “main Parties” (everywhere outside of Northern Ireland they are viewed as weird sectarian anachronisms) are pretty much at one when it comes to making demands on the British exchequer. Sinn Fein claims that the “Brits” owe us big time. They are demanding that jobs are “created” [...]
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