The festive season is now well and truly over. At midnight on Monday reality reasserted itself with the rise in VAT from 17.5% to 20%. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, has condemned the increase as 'the wrong tax at the wrong time'. The Government says it is necessary to secure Britain’s economic future. Who’s right?
We had plenty of warning that this was going to happen. Almost as soon as he became Chancellor back last summer, George Osborne announced that in order to reduce the huge deficit in the Government’s finances not only would there be big spending cuts but taxes would rise too and he had chosen the hike in VAT as the main way to raise more revenue.
What Happened on February 1, 2000
Famous Deaths Dick Rathmann, American auto racer (first Indy pole-sitter to complete no laps), dies at 74 Peter Levi, British archeologist, poet (Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon; Shadows and Bones), Jesuit priest, and academic, dies at 68 Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and newspaper publisher (La Presse), dies at 86 Died in 2000 2000 Highlights About February 1, 2000
Day of the Week: Tuesday
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Why Don't More Women Propose to the Men They Want to Marry?
Rebekah Kendall, a New York City public school teacher, used her February 2021 break to do something few women ever get to do: she proposed to her boyfriend, Bilig Bayar, an assistant principal at a different New York City school, on a beach at a resort in Jamaica. "I got down on one knee, did the whole thing," says Kendall. She had scoped the perfect spot while Bayar was at the gym, set up her phone to take pictures under the pretense she wanted vacation snaps, and bought a fancy watch to give him instead of a ring.
'It's All Politically Motivated' - Okorocha Reacts To Corruption Claims
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has dismissed the latest corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). On Monday, the anti-graft agency filed a 17-count charge before a Federal High Court in Abuja against the lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
The EFCC claimed that the former governor conspired with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and five companies, to steal N2.
Actress Sienna Miller Has Been Engaged to a Few Famous Heartthrobs, but Who Is Her Husband?
Actress Sienna Miller is currently starring in 'Anatomy of a Scandal' as a doting wife, but does she have a husband? Here's what we know about her love life.
Source: Getty ImagesActress Sienna Miller is currently starring in Anatomy of a Scandal as a devoted wife caught up in her husband's scandal, but is she a wife in real life? Sienna is known for her acting talents in films such as Factory Girl and The Edge of Love, and her performance as Tippi Hedren in The Girl won her a BAFTA in 2012.
Best pre-wedding photoshoot pictures of 2024
What better way to announce that you are getting married than with gorgeous pre-wedding pictures?
The best pre-wedding pictures are simple, clean, and creative. The couple usually look in love with their faces and body language. Here are some of the best pre-wedding pictures of 2024 1. Black Barbie and Ken ADVERTISEMENT
There’s just something incredibly gorgeous about this couple wearing all black, looking fit and happy as they dance.
Felabration climaxes with a Fearless posthumous award to Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Fela fearlessly wrote songs like "Trouble Sleep, Yanga Wake Am," "Zombie," "Sorrow, Tears and Blood," and "Unknown Soldier" as a form of resistance against oppressive leadership. He composed other songs on inhuman acts against Africans like "Colonial Mentality," "Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense," ''Mr. Follow Follow'', among others. Commenting on the award event held at the Afrika Shrine, in Lagos, on October 17, 2021, the Managing Director of Rite Foods, Mr.
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Kristin Marinos biography: who is Noah Schnackys girlfriend?
Kristin Marino is a model, TikTok star, enterpreneur, and social media influencer from the United States. She is best recognized for her entertaining TikTok content, including pranks, challenges, comedy, and dance videos. She is also known for dating an American singer and YouTuber, Noah Schnacky.
Kristin Marino is a member of TikTok content house, The Schnacky Fam, formerly East Coast House. The other house members include Allie Schnacky, Noah Schnacky, Matt Cooper, Noelle Schnacky, Malik Brookins, and more.
Mark Twain's Real Name: How Samuel Clemens Picked a Pen Name
Powerful gravity drew young men west during the Civil War, especially after the armies began drafting to fill their ranks. One of the thousands who traveled “the plains across” was an obscure Missourian named Samuel Langhorne Clemens who had spent a few weeks riding with a band of Confederate irregulars. Despite Sam’s mild secessionist sympathies, his older brother Orion Clemens had campaigned for Abraham Lincoln. As reward, the new president appointed Orion secretary of the Nevada Territory, then in the throes of a mining frenzy centered on the Comstock Lode beneath booming Virginia City, the largest town in the territory.