He spoke to a firefighter who warned him to leave as the helicopter was on its way to drop water.
Businesses could also limit pay rises, hitting all their workers, or reduce the pension contributions they make for new staff.Alternatively, employers who currently make the most of the NI break by encouraging workers to take less in pay and more in pension - known as salary sacrifice - could be stopped from doing so.
The attraction of this option for Ms Reeves is that she can raise money without a visible difference to people's take-home pay.The downside is it creates less of an incentive for employers to put money into their staff's pensions. That would mean when current workers retire they wouldn't have as much income.Various rules exist when inheriting money from partners or parents when they die.
is paid if an estate is valued at more than £325,000 but any money saved in a pension does not count towards this.Separately, anyone who dies before the age of 75 can usually pass on what is left of their pension savings tax-free as a lump sum, or an income.
If they are 75 or older when they die, their pension money can still be passed on, but it is treated as income and the person they leave it to may have to pay income tax.
Removing these tax breaks would give the government more money, but exactly how much is unclear. The vast majority of people don't pay inheritance tax anyway because they are not left estates worth more than £325,000.“I wasn’t afraid of anything at all, but now I’m even afraid to be in Kharkiv. I still hoped that Russia was not a terrorist state and that they attacked only military targets, but they hit the civilians.”
“I thank the United States for helping us. I’m grateful to Germany and all the countries of the world for what they’ve done. But we are helpless, and we have nothing. We’re suffering so much… we can’t defend ourselves.”Ukraine is not as badly off as Olena Lupak fears, though it is understandable to feel that way in Kharkiv this month. Wounded men from the garden centre, lying in hospital beds with shattered limbs, were just as fearful.
“Honestly, I don’t know what will happen,” said Vitalii, whose legs were crushed by the ceiling as it collapsed. “I’d like it to end soon but I don’t know how.”In the bed opposite Oleksandr said Ukraine could not do a deal with Russia. He had fallen badly as he escaped the fire from a second-floor window.