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"If you don't gamble, you'll never win." Charles Bukowski
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@bonnar30014 @David90shaw Why not?
And if the issue is Gift Aid, what was the point of your post about VAT?
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@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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🚨 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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@engaged_rage @PreetKGillMP @edgbastonCLP @harbornelabour @BartleyGreenRed @QuintonLabour @WMLabour @BrumLabour VAT was never a luxury goods tax. That's just a stupid myth. It has been from the outset a general tax on consumption levied on most goods and services.
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@PreetKGillMP @edgbastonCLP @harbornelabour @BartleyGreenRed @QuintonLabour @WMLabour @BrumLabour ...But why are we even paying VAT on stuff that VAT obviously shouldn't have been applied to in the first place. It was supposed to be a luxury goods tax FFS.
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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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@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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@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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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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@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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Every child in the UK has a tax free, fully funded school place.
Some parents decide not to use it for their kids , thats their choice.
Cheaper family days out is for every child regardless of what school they go to.
Mark Vipond@MarkVipond
A government that cuts VAT on kids' tickets to zoos, whilst hiking it on kids going to school, has clearly and totally lost the proverbial plot.
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@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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@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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@Chris_Fitton @s0cialdemocrat @jrkdenison The high court did not rule on whether or it's a loophole. Indeed they noted that it's not a term with any legal significance.
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@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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Many have noted that Labour are cutting VAT on theme parks while imposing VAT on independent school fees.
Here is the fundamental reason why Labour's position is unjustifiable, to put it mildly. 🧵
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
Cheaper tickets for theme parks and children's meals as Chancellor Rachel Reeves cuts VAT to 5% for some attractions this summer bbc.in/4eV8k1d
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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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🚨 BREAKING: Rachel Reeves has announced that employees will now get 55p per mile when driving for work
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@EdenGreg @JoStevensLabour @beneathbluster @UKLabour That's fuel costs. Mileage rates are supposed to cover total running costs, not just fuel.
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@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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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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@brayster1972 @paullewismoney What do you mean? No schools have had charitable status removed.
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@paullewismoney And 5/6 don’t! Good news. Best reinstate charity status then
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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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Why is the fat nonce-employing boss of a charity that claims to be a "non-partisan anti racism organisation" focused on campaigning for Labour?
Nick Lowles@lowles_nick
After Matt Goodwin’s absolute car crash of a candidature in Gorton & Denton, Reform went safe and picked a local plumber who they thought would go down well against Andy Burnham. Vile and highly offensive social media posts means Reform is now shielding the candidate from the media. I’m hearing from sources within Reform that they were surprised by the Survation poll that put them only three points behind Labour. Not only does their own canvassing put them further behind, but it also puts Restore on higher than 7%.
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@somefilmstudies @MrEdMaths @Elephantastick @NoEducationTax @paullewismoney Charitable status hasn't changed, independent schools which have it must provide, and demonstrate that they provide, public benefit and provision of bursaries and scholarships is one of the main ways they do it.
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@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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@francessmith @MandRyde @lowles_nick Supporting one political party against another is contrary to charity law. Hope not hate must lose its charitable status
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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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@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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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.
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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@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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@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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@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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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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@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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@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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A registered charity, largely funded by the taxpayer, openly campaigning for Labour's Andy Burnham. Hope not Hate needs to be shut down.
Carl Benjamin 🏴@Sargon_of_Akkad
A viewer from Makerfield emailed this to me today. He received this letter from Hope Not Hate through his door, and they appear to be actively campaigning for Andy Burnham and the Labour Party.
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@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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@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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@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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@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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