Ed Long

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Ed Long

Ed Long

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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
In case anyone's forgotten: In 2020-21 the Department of Health and Social Care bought PPE valued at £2.6 BILLION POUNDS which "is not suitable for use within the health and social care sector."
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Anna Bonnar 🎗️🚜 🧬🚸
@edlonguk @David90shaw Correct the issue is Gift Aid which needs to be abolished as tax payers money should not subsidise charities: “Donating through Gift Aid means charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give. It will not cost you any extra.”
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David Shaw
David Shaw@David90shaw·
🚨 If you want to know who really runs the UK, stop looking at the politicians and start looking at the "charities." There is a massive, multi billion pound shadow industry of NGOs and activist groups operating completely unchecked. They literally use your taxpayer money to sue the government and block the deportation of dangerous foreign criminals. It is a completely rigged legal racket. They are getting filthy rich off the destruction of our borders. Follow the money.
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Preet Kaur Gill MP
Preet Kaur Gill MP@PreetKGillMP·
The Chancellor has announced the Great British Summer Savings Scheme, cutting VAT from 20% to 5% on tickets for fairs, theme parks, zoos, museums and more. Also applies to children’s meals in restaurants and cafés. Read more here: gov.uk/government/new…
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@TheDoctorMagic @NoEducationTax @pritipatel @UKLabour This is confused b*ll*cks. The education they supplied was VAT exempt because the supply of education was (still is generally) VAT exempt. Some of them being charities has nothing to do with it. Schools paying dividends to shareholders dont have charity status (obviously).
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Kevin@TheDoctorMagic·
@NoEducationTax @pritipatel @UKLabour Because education qualifies as charity, private schools have always been given charitable status this making them vat exempt - yet they have share-holders who get paid dividends. This situation of dividends for shareholders of a charity is clearly not right.
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Priti Patel MP
Priti Patel MP@pritipatel·
Labour has cancelled funding for the new Lodge Farm Primary School in Witham. This school would have delivered 420 new primary places and vital SEND provision for local children and families. Labour are forcing more housing on Essex while cutting the infrastructure our communities need. I will keep fighting to get this school built.
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@bonnar30014 @David90shaw Most charities can't claim back VAT anyway, particularly if they're funded by the state as that funding is almost always not VAT rated. You don't understand how VAT works, do you?
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@David90shaw Perhaps the solution is that any “charity” or NGO that receives more than 50% of its funding directly or indirectly from government pay full tax and cannot claim back VAT either.
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@WBATDM @AdamJ10812 @hilscie @louderry This is nonsense. The government also classes cabbages, books and fish as consumer items (because they are). That has no effect on whether or not VAT is charged on them (it isn't).
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@WBATDM @AdamJ10812 @hilscie @louderry Carrots are consumer items you moron, that doesn't mean VAT is charged on them. Previously all schools benefitted from the VAT exemption on the supply of education, since they all supply education. Now they don't. Some of them being charities has nothing to do with it.
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Mr Sitter 𓅪@WBATDM·
@AdamJ10812 @hilscie @louderry Because it’s a consumer item… So subject to tax. Previously private schools had charitable relief…now they don’t. That’s why it’s good. Rich getting tax breaks is never good
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Sleep Cove
Sleep Cove@Chris_Fitton·
@s0cialdemocrat @jrkdenison Hahaha. This is chef’s kiss talking point heaven. Let's get into it. Most independent schools are charities NOT businesses. They have no share holders or distrubte profits. VAT was not a loophole. As confirmed in The high court. VAT is banned on education in the EU. Continues.
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Tapa Lee
Tapa Lee@TapaLee2468·
Increasing the tax-free mileage rate to 55p per mile removes an outdated 45p baseline that has been frozen since 2011. With surging fuel and insurance metrics, frontline commuters especially social and care workers were effectively paying a stealth tax just to do their jobs. Injecting this extra 10p-per-mile liquidity directly optimizes cash flow and delivers a massive structural win for real-world cost-of-living data.
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Politics UK@PolitlcsUK·
🚨 BREAKING: Rachel Reeves has announced that employees will now get 55p per mile when driving for work
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Greg Eden@EdenGreg·
@JoStevensLabour @beneathbluster @UKLabour Fuel Duty should be cut it would help Everyone with petrol & Diesel engines🤔 Helping Pensioners PAYE going to & from their place of work Ppl having days out Right answer Reduce Fuel costs at Source 🤔 So Gov. Raises mileage allowance to 55p even though EV costs 5p per mile🤔
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Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens@JoStevensLabour·
After 10+ years of Tory Governments doing nothing, HMRC mileage rates will be updated by this @UKLabour Government better reflecting the rising cost of using a car or van for work. Big boost for both the self-employed and workers like home carers. And backdated to April.
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Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney·
Rich families get nearly a third of the bursaries originally designed too help the less well off bit.ly/4tSLHOA university of London says only one in six go to poor families
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Choad@Choad_Respecter·
@LeoKearse Wouldent this normally get charity status revoked?
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Mark Grogan
Mark Grogan@somefilmstudies·
@MrEdMaths @Elephantastick @NoEducationTax @paullewismoney 1. Not all private schools are the same. 2. Neither are the definitions of bursaries & scholarships. I also am uncertain how the authors can know such data as it’s covered by GDPR? 3. Now charitable status has changed they need not offer bursaries or scholarships at all so 💁
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Frances Smith
Frances Smith@francessmith·
A few days ago @lowles_nick was showing us Patriotic Alternative infiltration in Restore, now he bigs them up to stop Reform. Hope not Hate is not a charity it's a vehicle for Labour.
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@paullewismoney The evidence is in the article. It refers to scholarships. You falsely attribute the same numbers to bursaries. The evidence you cite doesn't support your point you senile clown.
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Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney·
For those arguing with me please produce some counter evidence (not random anecdotes) and challenge the academics who did this research. The journalist who wrote this summarised it and I attempted to do the same. I’m sorry if the findings conflict with your view. Catholics had the same trouble with Galileo.
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Rich families get nearly a third of the bursaries originally designed too help the less well off bit.ly/4tSLHOA university of London says only one in six go to poor families

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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@disnenchanted @paullewismoney @LJRyder16 Schools that don't meet strict criteria dont get charitable status. That's always been the situation. Only half of independent schools have charitable status. If you had the frankly insane notion of barring organisations with investment income you'd decimate the entire sector.
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Disenchanted
Disenchanted@disnenchanted·
@paullewismoney @LJRyder16 Rather than add VAT to fees, Labour should have questioned the charitable status of private schools and taken it away from those who did not fulfil strict criteria. Eton makes a substantial amount from property related transactions. This should not be treated as charitable income
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@DavidAllenDA Not intrinsically good news for businesses that are now under pressure to reimburse their employees at a cost over 20% higher than they were doing...
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David Allen
David Allen@DavidAllenDA·
Yesterday, the Government announced that from 6 April 2026, mileage rates rise to 55p for the first 10,000 miles and 25p after, with fuel duty still frozen. Great news for businesses and employees facing high fuel costs. Read our full article here: david-allen.co.uk/what-the-new-m…
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@Nyarloteph @JoshFerme That is complete and utter rubbish. Every word of what you posted is 100% incorrect in every single regard. Almost impressive in your ignorance. Almost.
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human beings@Nyarloteph·
@edlonguk @JoshFerme The charity owns the company, the company therefore carries out the actions of the charity. That is how the law sees it.
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@Vender2k10 @jrkdenison On that basis (which is ludicrous nonsense) you're getting a tax advantage every time you buy a carrot.
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craig-from-t-north.bsky.social
@jrkdenison No, you pay for the service of a private education. You were previously getting an advantage as, say, a £20,000 annual fee should have cost £24,000, so you were being spared an extra £4,000. Forgive me for not getting my violin out for your plight.
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Ed Long
Ed Long@edlonguk·
@Vender2k10 @jrkdenison That's utter rubbish. VAT has nothing to do with luxury. Loads of "luxuries" don't have VAT on them.
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craig-from-t-north.bsky.social
@jrkdenison Private schools are a luxury. You are buying a proposed advantage for your child with the smaller classrooms, facilities etc. any other ‘luxury’ is subject to VAT.
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