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• NHS consultants 'turning down work to avoid huge pension tax'

  24-06-2019 19:46
  Some doctors are even retiring early, report finds, prompting concerns over care qualitySenior doctors in the NHS are reducing their hours, turning down extra work and even retiring early to avoid being hit with huge tax bills on their pensions, a report reveals.The findings have prompted concern that waits for treatment will grow longer, patients will receive inferior care and understaffing will worsen because hospitals have too few doctors available. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘All the stuff of life goes on here’: the wine bar that Bath fell in love with

  24-06-2019 13:41 via theguardian.com
  Intimate, personalised service has made Beckford Bottle Shop a favourite for first dates, long lunches and more As you enter Beckford Bottle Shop, a new bar, restaurant and wine shop with views over Bath’s Assembly Rooms, it’s impossible to miss the huge, U-shaped sofa skirting the back wall. It’s the focal point of the room and, as it turns out, the focal point of the business. “The sofa creates this space for people to hang out,” says Dan Brod, Beckford’s co
  
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• A simple guide to switching energy providers

  24-06-2019 13:23
  Think you could be getting a better deal on your gas and electricity, but can’t really be bothered with the rigmarole of switching? Well the good news is, it’s far simpler than you think ...Since about the beginning of this century, there’s been a tidal wave of academic papers and newspaper columns analysing the psychological cost of the “fear of missing out”. We all have a dash of Fomo (as it’s more often known nowadays) when we scroll through social media an
  
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• Boots to ban plastic bags and switch to brown paper carriers

  24-06-2019 11:25
  Chain will charge 5p, 7p or 10p for various sizes of paper bag, with profits going to charityBoots will phase out all plastic bags from its stores by 2020, replacing them with brown paper bags.The health and beauty chain will remove 40m plastic bags a year from use, amounting to more than 900 tonnes of single-use plastic. Continue reading...
  
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• Boots scraps plastic bags but will still charge customers up to 10p for paper ones

  24-06-2019 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  BOOTS will remove all plastic bags from its stores by next year, replacing them with paper ones which customers will need to pay for.
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us ‘comeback in time for Christmas with 12 stores to reopen – but not in UK’

  24-06-2019 10:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  TOYS ‘R’ US could make a nostalgic comeback just in time for Christmas – but UK shoppers will not want to get their wallets out just yet.
  
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• Stamp Duty Land Tax: Who pays stamp duty? Why you might not need to pay SDLT

  24-06-2019 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  STAMP DUTY LAND TAX is a tax which may be payable by a person buying a property or land which is greater than a certain price, in England and Northern Ireland. Who pays SDLT? There are some instances in which a person will not need to pay the tax.
  
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• Bitcoin surges past $11,000 – highest level in 15 months as Facebook Libra ‘boosts BTC'

  24-06-2019 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN soared past $11,000 overnight, sending the world’s largest cryptocurrency to its highest level in 15 months.
  
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• Is Universal Credit taxable? How to check if benefit payments may mean you owe income tax

  24-06-2019 09:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  UNIVERSAL CREDIT is a means-tested benefit which may be paid in order to help with living costs. Is Universal Credit taxable?
  
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• State pension UK: How much is the state pension in 2019? The full amount for basic and new

  24-06-2019 08:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  STATE PENSION payments are something many people may rely on during their later years. How much is the state pension amount in 2019?
  
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• Inheritance Tax: What does leaving assets 'in trust' mean? Is Inheritance Tax payable?

  24-06-2019 08:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  INHERITANCE TAX may be payable by the beneficiary or beneficiaries of an estate. What does it mean to leave money “in trust”?
  
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• My siblings and I inherited a house – will we be liable for stamp duty?

  24-06-2019 08:00
  The house is probably worth £80,000 to £90,000, but three of us already own propertyQ My three siblings and I inherited property from my great-aunt after she died in 2006. It’s a tiny cottage in Wales, with one bedroom, one living room, a small kitchen and a small bathroom. There is a little bit of land around it by way of a garden which slopes down to a river. I don’t think that it’s worth terribly much – possibly in the range of £80,000 to £90,00
  
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• Thompson & Morgan customer service is still a growing pain

  24-06-2019 07:59
  I need to know if my complaint about its mail order tree will ever bear fruit?
  I, too, have issues with the mail order gardening firm Thompson & Morgan (you ran an item in April). I ordered a fruit tree in January and received it without the instructions. I emailed and got a copy of the online info (which I already had), then, after further emails, got a reply. By April, there was no growth and by early May only a shoot on the graft. I called twice and was kept waiting an hour, then cut off.
  
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