Landfill Tax Extended to Catch Illegal Waste Sites (E, W, NI) From 1 April 2018, rogue waste handling operators will be liable to landfill tax, under legislation introduced in Winter Finance Bill 2017 to target the well-organised, large scale operations

The new £10 note Today, on the 14th September 2017, the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, Governor Mark Carney unveiled the design of the new £10 note featuring the world-renowned author. The note is printed on polymer and is

Second Finance Bill of 2017 (UK) Details of measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion and address various imbalances in the system dominate ‘Finance Bill: September 2017’ – a second Finance Bill published this year to provide details of proposals

Piloting the 100% business rates retention scheme (E) A prospectus inviting a second tranche of English local authorities to apply to pilot the 100% business rate retention scheme that will fulfil the government’s manifesto commitment to give local government greater

Council Fined for Data Protection Act Breach(UK) A council that left personal information about a group of particularly vulnerable people exposed online for five years in a ‘serious and prolonged breach’ of the Data Protection Act has been fined £70,000