Hints and tips:
...As Nigel Lawson once said, the problem isn’t getting Conservative MPs to accept tax rises: it’s getting them to sign off any spending cuts....
...There was an apposite anecdote in Danny Finkelstein’s Times column last week about Nigel Lawson: Lawson had lunch with George Osborne when the latter was shadow chancellor and was fighting a battle with...
...The movie is adapted from a popular 1892 short story by “bush poet” Henry Lawson....
...Danny Blanchflower: The Great Recession of 2008....
...Lord Lawson, former Conservative chancellor, criticised the prime minister’s recent “flurry of promises” as “expensive or unwise or both”....
...It was Lord Lawson who pushed most strongly to go ahead, urging his successor to ignore the Treasury’s innate caution....
...In his 1988 Budget, Nigel Lawson announced that any cohabiting couples who bought property after August that year would no longer get double mortgage interest tax relief....
...Danny Leigh Classical music and opera Music, Sense and Nonsense: Collected Essays and Lectures, by Alfred Brendel, Biteback, RRP£25 Not only the complete collected writings for the first time, but also...
...“We will stick with mainstream investments for our Sipp,” says John Lawson, head of policy at Aviva, the pension provider....
...Danny Titus, a commissioner at the Human Rights Commission, says he hopes the inquiry will bring clarity to the broader conduct of police....
...The New English Garden , by Tim Richardson and Andrew Lawson, Frances Lincoln, RRP£40 / $60 I agree with writer/historian Richardson’s argument that English gardens are at a juncture....
...“Inflation can have a huge impact on the purchasing power of your retirement income,” says John Lawson, head of pensions policy with Standard Life....
...Potential savings from abolishing higher rate tax relief were recently estimated at £7bn by Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, although this figure is disputed....
...Instead, Mr Osborne hammered out a bargain with Mr Clegg and Danny Alexander, the other members of the quad, roughly as follows: “You consent to a cut in the 50p rate and I’ll raise thresholds faster....
...Alexander – former Lib Dem press officer David Willetts – Former adviser to Lawson and Thatcher UPDATE: John Dunford makes the very good point that the next prime minister is also likely to be a special...
...“You’ll see a big difference in the level of fees being charged,” warns Danny Wynn, a director at Legal & General....
...“Corby has been regenerated – it looks betters, it feels better and people want to stay here,” says Ann-Marie Lawson, a youth work manager in Corby....
...Beware of Chancellors who claim too much credit for “creating ‘miracles’” eg Lawson and Brown....
...Many of them went on to exploit their old political connections as PR advisers or lobbyists, among them Allan, Ben Lucas, Jon Mendelsohn, Neal Lawson and Joe Irvin....
...Danny Gabay, Fathom Consulting Britain needs a credible fiscal policy, urgently. But that does not mean that it needs to be enacted immediately....
...“It’s PhD-level food writing,” said Belinda Chang, wine director at The Modern, the Danny Meyer-owned restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan....
...Danny Gabay, Fathom Consulting That is a very good but difficult set of questions....
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