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WHAT HAPPENED ON 20th January 1997?
19th January 1997
Gordon Brown has told an Edinburgh
meeting he would "relish the battle" between the people & the hereditary principle if the House of Lords rejects Labour plans for a Scottish Parliament. Do Labour's plans include the abolition of the 72 Scottish MPs of whom he is one sitting in judgement in the English Parliament if devolution becomes a reality? AG Luscombe Irvine
20th January 1997
BROWN RULES OUT INCREASES IN INCOME TAX
The Shadow Chancellor has ruled out any changes to the current tax levels under a future Labour government. Gordon Brown also said there would be no new spending commitments beyond those covered by its planned windfall tax on the privatised utilities. The priority was to ensure stable non- inflationary growth he said. Mr Brown was giving the first of a series of keynote speeches on Labour's plans for taxes & spending.
20th January 1997
CLARKE POURS SCORN ON BROWN TAX PLEDGES
The Chancellor has described Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown's claim that he could control public spending as "beyond belief". "Hell will freeze before Gordon Brown could control spending & keep tax down " Kenneth Clarke said. Mr Clarke said controlling public spending was the only way of keeping the tax bill down. But he said Labour had consistently shown they would increase spending.
19th January 1997
EH Wood states that our Government
freed animal feed firms from controls permitting them to substitute animal carcasses for expensive soya beans. It was the lunatics in Brussels who imposed an added tax on American soya beans to protect continential producers This led to fodder manufacturers using a cheaper substitute of sheep's brains infected with scrapie. Walter Ablett Chelmsford
20th January 1997
BROWN RULES OUT INCREASES IN INCOME TAX
The Shadow Chancellor has ruled out any changes to the current tax levels under a future Labour government. Gordon Brown also said there would be no new spending commitments beyond those covered by its planned windfall tax on the privatised utilities. The priority was to ensure stable non- inflationary growth he said. Mr Brown was giving the first of a series of keynote speeches on Labour's plans for taxes & spending.
20th January 1997
HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGES ANGER HONG KONG
The government of Hong Kong has reacted angrily to a recommendation to abandon parts of the territory's Bill of Rights Experts from the Beijing-appointed committee overseeing transition to Chinese rule say laws making human rights paramount should be abolished. They are also pressing for other changes concerning civil liberties. A Hong Kong spokesman described the recommendation as a body-blow to the protection of human rights.
19th January 1997
DECEMBER INFLATION RATE DOWN SLIGHTLY
Fears of a base rate rise have receded after a fall in the headline inflation rate from 2.7% to 2.5%. The Bank of England signalled rates should remain unchanged within half an hour of the release of the figures. The decision was taken yesterday at a meeting between bank governor Eddie George & Chancellor Kenneth Clarke. The Government's preferred inflation measure which excludes mortgage interest payments fell to 3.1%.
20th January 1997
BROWN RULES OUT INCREASES IN INCOME TAX
The Shadow Chancellor has ruled out any changes to the current tax levels under a future Labour government. Gordon Brown also said there would be no new spending commitments beyond those covered by its planned windfall tax on the privatised utilities. The priority was to ensure stable non- inflationary growth he said. Mr Brown was giving the first of a series of keynote speeches on Labour's plans for taxes & spending.
20th January 1997
The economy is booming inflation going
down unemployment falling at an almost unbelievable rate. Will it be enough so we can accommodate those people fleeing Hong Kong when the Chinese take over? It is just a pity the scent of violets is overlaid by the odour of large quantities of fertiliser being spread around this year. Oh yes I nearly forgot an election is on the way. Hugh Webb Cotgrave Nottingham
19th January 1997
SELF-ASSESSMENT RULES "UNFAIR" SAYS CIT
The Chartered Institute of Taxation has claimed that some of the new tax self- assessment rules are "unfair". The professional tax body believes pitfalls in the law at present will penalise people who are self-employed. It says a major proportion of the 4m self-employed people affected will end up consistently over-paying tax year after year because of their pension arrangements. The first tax returns under the new regime will be sent out this April.
20th January 1997
BROWN RULES OUT INCREASES IN INCOME TAX
The Shadow Chancellor has ruled out any changes to the current tax levels under a future Labour government. Gordon Brown also said there would be no new spending commitments beyond those covered by its planned windfall tax on the privatised utilities. The priority was to ensure stable non- inflationary growth he said. Mr Brown was giving the first of a series of keynote speeches on Labour's plans for taxes & spending.
20th January 1997
CLARKE POURS SCORN ON BROWN TAX PLEDGES
The Chancellor has described Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown's claim that he could control public spending as "beyond belief". "Hell will freeze before Gordon Brown could control spending & keep tax down " Kenneth Clarke said. Mr Clarke said controlling public spending was the only way of keeping the tax bill down. But he said Labour had consistently shown they would increase spending.
