Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown offered former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown the Cabinet post of Northern Ireland secretary, the BBC has learned. Lord Ashdown said the offer was made on Wednesday - after Lib Dem Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said no member of his party would join Mr Brown’s government.
The peer said he could not […]
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From Sunday Times - 19 November 2006
A court victory for the taxman means the chancellor can squeeze more out of the 1m people who have moved abroad, writes Kathryn Cooper
Thousands of British people who have moved or retired abroad could be chased for tax going back six years following a court ruling last week.
The landmark […]
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