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UNITED KINGDOM 2 JANUARY 2018 www.theasianindependent.co.uk Annual return deadline imminent Less than 28 days to go before charities with financial years ending 31 March 2017 must submit their annual return. Charities with financial years ending on 31 March 2017 have less than four weeks to go before the final deadline to file their annual return. By law, these charities must submit a return by 31 January 2018, no later than 10 months after the end of their financial year. Thousands of charities have already filed their returns but there are still many that have not. They run the risk of trying to file nearer to deadline day without the correct documentation or, crucially, the password they need to access the online service and then going into default. To avoid the possibility of this happening, please either file your annual return for 2017 now, if you know what you need to submit, have a current working password, know your charity number and have kept your charities details, such as email and contact address and current trustees up to date. Alternatively, please make sure you know where your password is, or apply for a new one (please note this will take at least 24 hours and can only be sent to the email address we have on file). Then update your charity’s detailsbefore reading our detailed guide into how to prepare your annual return, including what you need to submit, based on your charity’s chosen structure. Six held over suspected links to banned terrorist group in Britain London, Five men and a woman were arrested in Britain on Wednesday on suspicion of belonging to banned far-right terrorist group National Action. Britain’s West Midlands Police said the suspects, aged between 21 and 37, were detained under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act, Xinhua news agency reported. The arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led with no Team AI : Devinder Chander Editor-in-chief Prof. Mohan Sapra Advisory Editor Fred Shakir Marketing & Creative Manager Columnists V.B. Rawat Farzana Suri Arun Kumar Head Office 46 Summer Rd, Erdington Birmingham, B23 6UR. Tel : +44 7878 456 484 Email : info@theasianindependent.co.uk Advertisement Enquiries +44 7475 475 343 The Asian Independent is an Intellectual Property of Samaj Media Enterprise Ltd PM : Thousands have saved money already thanks to Government’s stamp duty cut The Prime Minister will be in Wokingham, Berkshire, today [Wednesday 3 January] to meet one of the estimated 16,000 people who have already benefited from changes to stamp duty announced by the Government in the Autumn Budget. The stamp duty changes will mean a saving of up to £5,000 for first-time buyers in Wokingham. The Government has abolished stamp duty altogether for first-time buyer purchases up to £300,000, and made this relief available for the first £300,000 of properties worth up to £500,000, providing help for people in higher value areas. The changes mean a stamp duty cut for 95% of all first-time buyers who pay it and no stamp duty at all for 80% of first time buyers, with savings of up to £5,000.Over 16,000 firsttime buyers are estimated to have already saved thousands of pounds since the changes took effect in threat to the public’s safety, the police said. They are the latest in a wave British Defence Secretary visits Kuwait and calls on HH the Amir and senior Kuwaiti officials. British Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson visits Kuwait today, Wednesday 3 January 2018, for the first time since his appointment in November 2017. During his visit he called on His Highness the Amir Sheikh November, with over a million first-time buyers set to benefit in total over the next five years. Ahead of the visit, Prime Minister Theresa May said: I have made it my personal mission to build the homes this country needs so we can restore the dream of home ownership for people up and down the UK. In the Autumn we set out ambitious plans to fix the broken housing market and make sure young people have the same opportunities as their parents’ generation to own their own home. This has had an immediate impact, with thousands of people already making savings thanks to of arrests of alleged National Action members since the group was made a proscribed terrorist organisation in December 2016. It is the first extreme rightwing group to be outlawed in Britain. Founded in 2013, National Action became the first British neo-Nazi group to be banned after British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said it was promoting violence and acts of terrorism. British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson visits Kuwait Sabah Al- Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Hamad Al-Sabah. He also called on the First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and congratulated him on his recent appointment. This visit is an important opportunity to build on the excellent defence co-operation between the State of Kuwait and the United Kingdom as part of the close and cordial bilateral relations which exist between our two countries. The United Kingdom welcomes the important role which Kuwait is playing in the region – as a key partner in the Counter-Daesh Coalition, as a major humanitarian donor and as a mediator in regional disputes – and more widely as Kuwait joins the United Nations Security Council for 2018-2019 our stamp duty cut, and over a million first-time buyers over the next 5 years are expected to save money that they can put towards a deposit, solicitors’ fees or furniture. We are building a Britain that is fit for the future and our message to the next generation is this – getting on – and climbing up – the housing ladder is not just a dream of your parents’ past, but a reality for your future. The stamp duty change builds on the steps already taken to help young people enter the housing market – including the successful Help to Buy scheme and introduction of Lifetime ISAs. At the Autumn Budget the Government announced the UK will deliver an average 300,000 additional homes each year by the mid-2020s through targeted new financial support and reforms to the planning system. These measures mean that we are on track to raise annual housing supply by the end of the Parliament to its highest level since 1970. * The Asian Independent and people associated with it are not responsible for any claims made by the advertisers and do not endorse in any products or services advertised. Please visit www.theasianindependent.com/tc for more information. International Trade Secretary Dr Fox visits China International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, travels to China today (Tuesday 2 January), in his first international visit of the new year to advance the UK’s trade and investment relationship. In a 2-stage visit to Beijing and Shenzhen, Dr Fox will meet the Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan and the chairman of one of the world’s largest insurance companies, Ma Mingzhe from Ping An. He will also promote the government-backed GREAT ‘Festival of Innovation’ taking place in Hong Kong later this year to showcase the latest technology from the UK and Asia. China is the UK’s fifth largest trading partner in the world, with trade between the countries worth £59.3 billion in 2016 based on the latest figures. In the same period the UK exported £16.8 billion of goods and services, making China the UK’s eighth largest export market. The Department for International Trade has also just announced up to £25 billion in financial support – including loan guarantees – for UK businesses operating along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The initiative, set up by the Chinese government, aims to increase economic cooperation with countries around the world along key transport routes. International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox said: China as a world leading economy and the UK’s fifth largest trading partner is an important market for British companies as we look to build independent trading relationships across the world. As an international economic department, we want 2018 to be the year of exporting with businesses across the UK seizing the opportunities that the world provides. That’s why we’re determined to make exporting even easier, and we have announced we’re making up to £25 billion of funding available for UK exporters and buyers of UK goods and services along the Belt and Road Initiative so that no viable export fails for a lack of funding. The Trade Secretary’s visit follows the Economic Financial Dialogue in Chinalast month (December 2017) where more than £1.4 billion of trade and investment was agreed in Beijing.
www.theasianindependent.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM JANUARY 2018 FABO UK demands dismissal of Union minister, Hegde Dear Prime Minister, Sri Narinder Modi ji, We, the Ambedkarites and Buddhists in the UK, wish to express our deep concern about the remarks made by of one of your Council of Ministers, Sri Anant Kumar Hegde on 25 December 2017, that Bhartya Janata Party had come to power to change the Constitution and it would do so in the future. Sri Hegde’s statement is disturbing communal harmony. He has described ‘secular people’ as those who do not have an identity of their parental blood and they should identify themselves with their religion and caste. Our forefathers built India on the principles of equality, liberty and fraternity giving equal opportunity to all irrespective of their religion, colour, caste or gender. The Constitution brings unity in Big Lottery Fund and Big Society Capital will distribute cash to initiatives tackling a number of societal challenges These include housing vulnerable people, helping disadvantaged young people into work and dealing with problem debt By 2020 the total distribution from dormant accounts to good causes will reach over half a billion pounds Up to £330 million from dormant bank and building society accounts will be used to help the homeless, disadvantaged young people, local charities and other good causes in the UK over the next four years, Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, announced today. Around £280 million will be allocated to initiatives across England to help disadvantaged young people into work, provide housing for families and vulnerable people, and tackle problem debt. Of this, up to £135 million will be used by Big Society Capital (BSC) to fund stable and long-term accommodation for vulnerable groups such as homeless people and those suffering with mental health issues, as well as to provide support for local charities and social enterprises. This allocation meets existing funding commitments to Big Society Capital, who will use it to leverage substantial private co-investment, to maximise the impact of these funds. Around £90 million will also be invested in support of projects that help disadvantaged young people into employment. These initiatives will be jointly designed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Education and Big Lottery Fund with input from young people. The remaining £55 million is set to be awarded to financial inclusion and capability initiatives which will tackle issues such as problem debt, as well as improving access to financial products and services for those on lower incomes. Out of the £330 million, up to £50 million will be made available for good causes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and will be distributed by the Big Lottery Fund. Each diversity. Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, father of our Constitution declared, “I do not want that our loyalty as Indian should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language. I want all people to be Indian first, Indian last and nothing else but Indian.” By uttering such divisive words, Sri Hegde is clearly denigrating Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar. We have seen political upheavals in our neighbouring countries where governments had been toppled by armies and they are unable to establish whether they want democracy or dictatorship. In India, the governments have changed peacefully through ballot boxes without any bloodshed. India is the largest working democracy in the world today. This status has enhanced the prestige of India around the world. This democracy has its basis, our Constitution. It has unified and strengthened India. . Indian Constitution is pro-poor and has enabled social and economic development lifting millions out of poverty. Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar is the man of millennium for social justice and his ideas reflected in the Constitution translate into equal treatment of all citizens without any social distinction based on caste, colour, race, religion or gender. India is a multi-cultural and multi-religious country. It must remain so. The Constitution gives protection to all citizens of India. Speaking in parliament to mark Dr Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary in India, you asserted your commitment to GC contributes to special edition of international journal The Government Chemist has been invited to contribute to a special edition on food allergen analysis in the highly respected journal of the AOAC INTER- NATIONAL AOAC INTERNA- TIONAL (formerly Association of Official Analytical Chemists) is a not-for-profit association founded in 1884 as a forum for microbiological and chemical standard methods used globally to promote trade and to facilitate public health and safety. The J AOAC Int special edition on food allergens has been guest edited by Bert Popping and Carmen Diaz-Amigo and contains three papers from the Government Chemist. Michael Walker, Malcolm Burns and colleagues describe the science behind the ground breaking analysis for allergens by ELISA, Molecular Biology, and Protein Mass Spectrometry during the investigation of the almond and mahaleb incidents in 2015. Government unlocking £330 million from dormant accounts to build a fairer society devolved administration will then decide how these funds are used. Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, said: By unlocking millions of pounds from dormant accounts for a range of good causes, we can make a real difference to lives and communities across the country. This is part of the Government’s commitment to building a fairer society and tackling the social injustices that hold people back from achieving their full potential. I am grateful to the banks and building societies, as well as Reclaim Fund Ltd, for their work to free up these funds for good causes. Working in close partnership with the financial sector and civil society, we are determined to help create a country that works for everyone and build a Britain fit for the future. Michael and co-authors Hazel Gowland and John Points discuss managing food allergens in the UK retail supply chain in a second paper. Milena Quaglia, Kate Groves and Adam Cryar assess recovery of food allergens from solid processed matrices applying SI (International System of Units) traceably quantified milk protein solutions and a novel extraction method in a third paper in the special edition. the Constitution by declaring that the religion of the Government was ‘India first’ and the Constitution its ‘holy book’. On 8 June, 2016, in your address to a joint session of the US Congress, you again reiterated your faith in India’s pluralism enshrined in the constitution by declaring that ‘India lives as one; India grows as one and India celebrates as one. For my government, the constitution is its real holy book. And in that holy book, freedom of faith, speech, franchise and equality of all citizens, regardless of background, are enshrined as fundamental rights”. In the past there had been isolated remarks from Bhartya Janata Party members against the secular nature of India’s Constitution and these were dismissed as being their personal opinion. But no action was taken against them by 3 the BJP and as result more BJP members are talking in similar tones. Now a statement coming from a union minster to alter the Constitution sends a wrong signal. It creates a suspicion that perhaps there is a hidden agenda of BJP to change the Constitution in the future. Sri Hegde has since apologised for his statement but this is not enough. He must be dismissed from the Council of Ministers for his irresponsible, divisive and unsettling statement. It will definitely convey a strong message to others and they will be constrained to make such statements. It would also confirm the government’s commitment to the farsighted and remarkable Constitution. We look forward to prompt action being taken against Sri Anant Kumar Hegde. Arun Kumar General Secretary Sean Dennehey awarded CBE The IPO’s Deputy Chief Executive receives award in New Year’s Honours list Sean Dennehey, the IPO’s Deputy Chief Executive, received a CBE(Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to intellectual property in the New Year’s Honours list. Sean first joined the IPO as a patent examiner in 1978, when the office was based in London. He then moved to Newport in 1991 when the department transferred to its present South Wales base. Sean became Director of Patents in 2004 and Deputy Chief Executive in 2007. He also served as Chief Executive on several occasions, most recently when John Alty left in 2016. Sean had this to say: I feel very privileged to be awarded a CBE for my services to intellectual property. This a great honour for me, but I genuinely believe it is also a recognition of the fantastic work done by everyone here at the IPO.
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