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This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom, which adopts an open telephone numbering planfor its public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom, an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. This list is based on the official standard, but includes defunct codes and historical ...
The history of taxation in the United Kingdom includes the history of all collections by governments under law, in money or in kind, including collections by monarchs and lesser feudal lords, levied on persons or property subject to the government, with the primary purpose of raising revenue.
The schedular system of taxation is the system of how the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax is applied. [1] [2] It also applied to United Kingdom income tax before legislation was rewritten by the Tax Law Rewrite Project. Similar systems apply in other jurisdictions that are or were closely related to the United Kingdom, such as Ireland and Jersey .
The history of inheritance taxes in the United Kingdom has undergone significant change and mutation since their original introduction in 1694.
The economic history of the United Kingdom relates the economic development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the early 21st century.
UK inflation slowed to 2% in May, falling to the Bank of England’s target for the first time in nearly three years as food price rises eased sharply.
Ed Sheeran was the dominant artist of 2017, achieving a total of 11 UK top 10 singles during the year, two of which topped the chart. "Shape of You" became both the longest-reigning number-one single and the best-selling single of the year. Ten of the sixteen tracks from his third studio album ÷ reached the top 10. The remix of "Perfect" featuring Beyoncé helped the song to become the year's ...
The Bank of England £50 note is a sterling banknote circulated in the United Kingdom. It is the highest denomination of banknote currently issued for public circulation by the Bank of England. [note 1] The current note, the second of this denomination to be printed in polymer, entered circulation on 5 June 2024. [1] It bears the images of King Charles III and late Queen Elizabeth II on the ...