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Director general of the CBI Digby Jones has welcomed Tony Blair's conciliatory moves towards business at the lobbying group's annual conference.
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Public confidence in Tony Blair's ability to deliver public service improvements has slumped to a new low, with two out of three voters now convinced that the billions of pounds being spent by the Government will be wasted.
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A Conservative government under Michael Howard would have to wait several years before introducing significant tax cuts, Oliver Letwin, the shadow chancellor, indicated.
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Buried in the small-print of the pre-Budget report is a controversial new proposal which could affect 300,000 small businesses by cracking down on the use of dividends to lower the National Insurance burden on owners.
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BRITAIN'S place as the world's fourth largest economy is being "poisoned" by Labour taxes and red tape, Tory leader Michael Howard said yesterday.
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Michael Howard will promise today to make Tax Freedom Day - the day each year when people stop working for the taxman and start working for themselves - a public holiday if the Conservatives are returned to government.
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Tax Freedom Day is the day on which the average UK taxpayer can expect to stop working for the government and instead begin earning money for themselves.
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