http://americannational.yourownplace.net Bkwinfield's news. answers and questions regarding american national insurance. Mon, 26 May 2008 03:17:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are some of the main points covered by Gordon Brown in his Budget speech Duties From Monday, there will be a rise of 1p on a pint of beer and 4p on a bottle of wine, but duties on cider and sparkling wine are frozen. The duty on spirits is to be ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/26/news-whats-in-the-budget/ If you're thinking about starting your own business, do your homework. You'll need to do some research both into your business idea and your own suitability. Running a small business can be hard work - stressful, lonely and time-consuming. It can also be very rewarding, inspiring and lucrative. Think about why you ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/24/news-starting-your-own-business/ Tony Blair has urged voters to recognise how massive investment in the NHS is helping millions of patients across the country. He made the pitch from the new 422m University College Hospital in London, and called on electors to look further than negative newspaper headlines. Security national insurance company and reform was ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/23/news-pm-hails-health-service-rebirth/ Sunday is the day when the average UK worker will have earned enough to pay off their annual tax bill. The Adam Smith Institute think-tank has calculated 30 May is Tax Freedom Day - and it has arrived three days later ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/22/news-tax-freedom-day-getting-later/ One in 10 people employ domestic help to do cleaning, cooking or ironing, according to a new report. The Work Foundation study said 74% of people said they did so because of lack of time, and 83% because they would rather be doing something else. It said most of the estimated 2m ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/21/news-one-in-10-employing-domestic-help/ Lib Dem treasury spokesman Vince Cable has insisted there is no black hole in his party's tax and spending plans. The party has pledged to axe top-up fees, replace the Council Tax with a new local income tax and give the elderly free personal care. To pay for this, Mr Cable would ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/20/news-lib-dem-sums-add-up-says-cable/ Three quarters of a million people in Northern Ireland may face poverty when they retire, according to the General Consumer council. It also said fewer than half the population had made any pension provision while a similar percentage had little or no knowledge of pension issues. The figures are being ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/19/news-pensions-poverty-will-hit-ni/ An ex-Gurkha who claimed his pension was so small he was nearly forced to beg has settled his race discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence. Lal Budha, 44, has agreed a payment from the MoD of 55,000, cutting short a tribunal in Croydon, south London. Mr Budha, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/18/news-race-case-gurkha-receives-55000/ Means tested benefits are putting people off saving, the liberty national insurance company Pension Commissioner Adair Turner has told a committee of MPs. Mr Turner said people on low incomes feared that saving would bar them from receiving means-tested benefits such as the Pension Credit. Complexity and high charges were also putting ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/16/news-benefits-barrier-to-uk-pensions/ Women are being "short changed" over pensions, according to the TUC. The union body said a combination of low pay and part-time work meant many women were unable to build up a sufficient company pension. In addition, many women miss out on a full state pension due to time spent away ... http://americannational.yourownplace.net/2008/05/15/news-women-facing-retirement-poverty/