The state looked after him well, providing him with a lavish tax-free pension, cars, servants and a lifetime exemption from import duty.

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The group wants drivers to be encouraged to install DAB radios in their cars, and says the government should consider making digital sets cheaper by introducing a duty exemption.

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This despite a cosy deal with the government that allowed the hotel to be built on interest-free bonds and operated with no tax, cheap rent, and even, for a while, a duty exemption on the luxury items that its managers imported to fill its rooms.

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Some of the benefits are well-known, such as the lack of Vehicle Excise Duty and exemption from the London congestion charge, but it's becoming easier to charge up a Nissan LEAF on the move with more public charging points opening all the time.

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