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“We will swear her in when everybody gets back. It’s a ceremonial duty,” Johnson said.

From Salon

It was new to us, and to many in the party too: the abolition of stamp duty on main homes in England and Northern Ireland.

From BBC

She said scrapping stamp duty - a tax on the sale of homes in England and Northern Ireland - will "unlock a fairer and more aspirational society" and help people of all ages.

From BBC

The administration maintains that its immigration enforcement operations are legitimate and necessary, portraying agents as professionals carrying out lawful duties rather than as figures worthy of mockery or resistance.

But it said the government didn't have a duty to retroactively pay those who were furloughed, essentially sent home with no pay.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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