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  • Spacer Pressure groups call for 30% single tax rateA single 30% flat tax, merging National Insurance and income tax, should be introduced within the next eight years to boost economic growth, the Institute of Directors and the Taxpayers' Alliance said today. 21 May 2012
  • Whitehall Councils slam Whitehall's retention of ratesWhitehall's decision to claw back half of the localised business rates collected by English councils 'falls well short' of giving them freedom and lacks ambition, according to town halls. 21 May 2012
  • Spacer NAO backs Northern Rock saleThe business plan underpinning the decision to split Northern Rock in two proved to be 'optimistic' but the alternative would not have benefited the taxpayer more, the National Audit Office said today. 18 May 2012
  • Spacer Teachers' local pay decision set for autumnTeachers will have to wait months longer than other public sector workers before finding out if they are to move to localised pay, it has been revealed. 17 May 2012

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  • Condition still critical: Rex Condition still criticalFollowing a long and painful battle, the Health and Social Care Act finally made it on to the statute book. But after all that legislative surgery, the prognosis remains unfavourable for the NHS 01 May 2012
  • Olympic Stadium Games onReports of the Olympics organisers dropping the baton have been greatly exaggerated, finance director David Goldstone tells PF. In fact, public sector teamwork has helped the Games clear the hurdles and reach the final stretch 01 May 2012
  • Stringing us along, Illustration: Jodie Cox Stringing us along?Ministers talk the talk on local financial freedoms. But without the right to vary both taxation and service levels, town halls will remain at the mercy of Whitehall 01 April 2012

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