£1 million inheritance tax threshold

I’ve been to a couple of parties recently where the subject of inheritance tax has cropped up. Ageing parents are anguished at the thought of the Chancellor’s coffers reaping the rewards of their lifetime’s hard work and prudence because of the £300,000 inheritance tax threshold. But concern over their future financial needs makes the elderly hold back from giving money...
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The price paid by political bloggers

I would like to pay tribute to the brave bloggers of Burma who risked their liberty to keep us updated on anti-government demonstrations, being forced underground to avoid detection. They have now been silenced by a brutal regime which switched off the internet. These brave bloggers have certainly infuriated their military rules. At first, the regime responded by blocking individual Burmese...
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