“Marks & Spencer profits plunge as clothing sales continue to fall”

Nov 12, 2019 | High Street

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

So profits are down at M&S. Not really a surprise, I, like many, buy the occasional chicken Kiev but haven’t found anything I’d wear, even in private, for a long time. However, most of us running our own businesses would say, stop moaning, at least you’re making a profit, no mean feat in any line of work. There are now around 5m of we self-employed, almost double in the last 15 years. Most of them are delivering your take-aways and Amazon parcels. Go see ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysjwg-MnZao for the real story.

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is  that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.