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LOL. Not sure the Freepost envelopes would have been big enough though.

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As a contractor you can claim back £0.40 per mile, netting you well over £4K from the tax man.
Your car is too new and "environmentally friendly" to run on anything but environmentally damaging derv (go figure).
Normally SVO costs me 71ppl, but Tesco are doing a deal so its about 50ppl.

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At this moment in time I don't know who (if does happen that is) I sign this 6 months with, it could be the agency or the company in question.

Would this make a difference?

How would I go about claming it?

Do you claim the full 40p or is it up to?

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If this is your first time contracting, then it would be easiest to go through an umbrella company, otherwise you can go Ltd company or similar but if you do that make sure you have a damn good accountant and make sure you have control over the bank accounts.
There are several of us on here with contracting experience, so it'd be best to start a new thread on it.

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Surprised Roy Bremner or some one hasn't done a Gordon Brown parody of those ads

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Oh no! Gordon left his mic. on *again* after leaving Buckingham Palace! :shocked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16PTMOnLEc

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Arn't we signed up to a certain vat rate in the lisbon treaty to bring all EU member states into line on vat and that it has to be implemented within a certain time i am sure i heard that somewhere. As i said in another thread loving the way labour supporters are on the back of this coaltion after less then a week in power when they didn't get on labours back in the thirteen years they robbed us of many of our rights and did all the damage that now has to be put right.

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Having just had a quick skim of the Lisbon Treaty I don't think there are any new VAT rules but I seem to recall looking at the rules in the mid-90s which talked about aiming to harmonise but I don't think there has been a formal process. I think there were two levels of VAT (necessities and luxuries) which countries had to keep the VAT level within. However on items which were/are zero rated this could be maintained but if VAT were then charged on these items it could only be reduced to minimum. This happened with VAT on domestic heating bills. The Tories removed the zero rating and levied a rate of 8%. When the Labour party came to power they could only reduce it to 5% and not back to zero previously

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Ask not what your Country can do for you, ask what you can do for your Country.
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Slowcoach – 65 years old and still working for the good of the Country. :p:

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One thing correcting something mentioned earlier in the thread, the threshold for a vote of no confidence hasn't changed, it's still a simple majority and no confidence can lead to a dissolution of Parliament still, the 55% refers to a vote for dissolution. Given that dissolution couldn't even be voted on previously this is in no way restrictive of previous freedoms.

The Labour party are promoting the view that they are the same thing, the BBC are happily reporting it, it's not the case. This explains it better.

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So, the implication is that there can be no confidence in the Government but it is possible for Parliament not to be dissoleved?

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I have put this point on the "Have your say" section of the BBC - we shall see. ;)

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Correct. Have a read of the link.

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I suppose it gives a chance for another coalition to have a go without having to go to an election. The only issue I have is I believe in a simple majority in any vote in the House of Commons