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  1. BMW India advocates for maintaining the 5% GST on EVs, highlighting strong sales growth and the risks of a tax hike. Discover their plea for the upcoming Union Budget. english.mathrubhumi.com/multim #BMW #GST #EVs #taxhike #UnionBudget2026

  2. Reform UK likely to raise council tax in Kent despite promise to cut costs

    Kent becomes latest local authority controlled by Nigel Farage’s party to signal intention to raise council tax

    A Reform UK-run council where the party sought to pilot drastic cost-cutting plans is going to have to raise council tax, a cabinet member has admitted.

    Services at Kent county council were already “down to the bare bones”, said Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care, Diane Morton. It makes Kent the latest local authority controlled by Nigel Farage’s party to signal its intention to raise council tax.

    Reform UK likely to raise council tax in Kent despite promise to cut costs, The Guardian

    #councilTax #DianeMorton #fantasyEconomics #Kent #taxHike

  3. Thursday, September 25, 2025

    [vlog] We’re in another Cold War, British historian says -- Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine -- Ukraine struggles to keep hold of its next generation -- Ukraine’s message to Europe: You are under threat from Russia; We can help ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  4. Thursday, September 25, 2025

    [vlog] We’re in another Cold War, British historian says -- Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine -- Ukraine struggles to keep hold of its next generation -- Ukraine’s message to Europe: You are under threat from Russia; We can help ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  5. Thursday, September 25, 2025

    [vlog] We’re in another Cold War, British historian says -- Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine -- Ukraine struggles to keep hold of its next generation -- Ukraine’s message to Europe: You are under threat from Russia; We can help ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  6. Thursday, September 25, 2025

    [vlog] We’re in another Cold War, British historian says -- Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine -- Ukraine struggles to keep hold of its next generation -- Ukraine’s message to Europe: You are under threat from Russia; We can help ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  7. Thursday, September 25, 2025

    [vlog] We’re in another Cold War, British historian says -- Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine -- Ukraine struggles to keep hold of its next generation -- Ukraine’s message to Europe: You are under threat from Russia; We can help ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  8. Remember, 10% tariffs on all goods is effectively a national sales tax. That’s insane. We just had the biggest tax increase in my lifetime, but everyone sighed in relief because it could have been much worse.

    And of course it’s the type of tax billionaires love, because it affects poor people more than themselves.

    This is how fascist autocracies function. We are doomed if we don’t stop them soon.

    #USPol #Fascism #TaxHike #Democracy #Antifa #Resist

  9. Slight sales #taxhike around Crystal Lake Illinois was meant to help fund programs for #mentalhealth services but brought ‘greater crisis,’ a local board leader claims. While the town's sales tax is still 3% lower than some #Illinois towns, and raising #salestax ended an unpopular #propertytax levy, the apparently complicated math predictions stumped county officials who now see shortfalls in funding lower than predicted tax tallies sold to #voters.

    shawlocal.com/northwest-herald

  10. UK government's alcohol duty changes spark backlash from pubs and Scotch whisky industry.

    Cuts to beer and cider duty are seen as "naïve" by pubs.
    Scotch whisky industry slams 10.1% duty increase as "hammer blow".
    Fears that it will put whisky beyond the financial reach of consumers and undermine distillers' capacity to invest.
    #Brexit #ScotchWhisky
    #alcoholduty #taxhike
    heraldscotland.com/news/236963

  11. 'Time to Ground These Fat Cats': Markey Proposes Tax Hike on Private Jet Travel | "Billionaires and the ultra-wealthy are getting a bargain, paying less in taxes each year to fly private and contribute more pollution than millions of drivers combined on the roads below."

    commondreams.org/news/markey-p

    #CommonDreams #TaxHike #PrivateJetTravel #Billionaires #UltraWealthy #Pollution #Politics #News