Perhaps the FAA bureaucracy would be reduced somewhat in size, but I doubt the cost savings would be substantial.

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It might also be true of the proposed substantial increase in the tax rate on dividends, but I doubt it for the modest increase proposed for capital gains taxes.

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"If Emag's members had not paid for this legal action, there's little doubt that, despite the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations for substantial compensation, the Government would have got away with limiting payments to a small number of Equitable's victims for losses post-1999, " he added.

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The committee found the evidence against Lord Truscott "so clear and so plentiful that we have little doubt that Lord Truscott was advertising his power and willingness to influence Parliament in return for a substantial financial inducement".

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