A couple of weeks ago it was the turn of Miss Liz Hurley to get a decent slice of the limelight with the occasion of a sumptuous and lavish wedding. But we can't all be in the papers all the time.
So while the newlyweds enjoy their honeymoon, last week the lead role was handed with no less occasion, although perhaps with a little less glamour, to Mr Gordon Brown. For the financial services industry, there are reams of detail to pore over that were not evident in those headline-grabbing verbal statements and the truth behind the headlines needs to be explored. Certainly the significant changes to the personal tax regime achieved the likely aim of headline coverage. With the reworking of rates, the changes in thresholds for income tax and the reversals of previous changes to corporati...
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