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...Chris Etherington, partner at RSM, an accountancy firm, said the chancellor’s national insurance changes “could be described as a tax cut that isn’t one”....
...“Hunt’s trying to light a fire under a section of the property market,” said Chris Etherington, tax partner at RSM. “He’s herding people in one direction and that’s out of the market.”...
...Labour has been accused of exaggerating the benefits for the well off stemming from chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget move to scrap the £1.1mn lifetime allowance on tax-free pension contributions....
...Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, has ruled out big pre-election tax cuts this autumn....
...But Chris Etherington, partner at accounting firm RSM, said there were now very few revenue raising areas left to the chancellor that do not involve increasing capital gains rates....
...Eventually, Mr Osborne decided to cut his losses and announce the charity about-turn at the very moment that Jeremy Hunt was making his long-awaited appearance at the Leveson inquiry....
...Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, responded: “Equating philanthropy with tax avoidance is disgraceful....
...Bill Etherington’s vote is reduced by about 8 per cent. 23.24 - The BBC reports that voters waiting to vote in Norfolk were being turned away when the polls closed at 10pm....
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