Lindsay Tomlinson, head of Britain's Fund Managers Associationn (FMA), says it means that the government is exploring options other than an end to soft commissions.At present, fees for brokers' services are passed on by fund managers to clients pension funds, for instance.
However, at present fees differ between for-profit and non-profit hospitals.
(On top of his £180,000 salary, he is estimated to earn about another £150,000 in presenting fees).
While Clarkson's presenting fee was the only expense footed for by licence fee payers, headlines about his mounting riches and the inability of the BBC to maximise returns from Top Gear made for an increasingly embarrassing situation.
Clarkson's financial arrangements with the BBC already meant he was easily the best-paid man working at the corporation, earning somewhere over £3m last year – but apart from a six-figure presenting fee for Top Gear, most of his income came from commercial activities.
At present the fees merchants pay for taking credit cards lead many to impose minimum limits on what customers can charge.
It is important for all universities, both public and private, to clearly present these fees alongside tuition and incorporate them whenever possible, so that students and their families can budget for them accordingly.
Instead, it's a new way to present the fees you were already paying.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has proposed legislation that will dedicate all the annual revenue collected by the SEC to its budget –at present, many fees go to the U.S. Treasury Department for general governmental use.
The proposal to scrap the present tuition fee limit of £3,290 in favour of potentially unlimited fees set by universities themselves will load future generations of students with unacceptable levels of debt in order to pursue the democratic right of higher education.
Leapman quoted one of the milder members of the Thatcher administration, Douglas Hurd: "The more variety of broadcasting there is... the more tatty the present licence-fee system looks.
