exempt from

"In common with most universities, we are not exempt from the significant challenges faced by the higher education sector," the university said.

He said parliament had its own dedicated electricity supply which is exempt from power cuts.

Answer: Clergy are generally exempt from having Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from their wages, notes Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.

Since 1984, APR has allowed land used for crops or raising animals, as well as farm buildings, cottages and houses, to be exempt from inheritance tax.

The NHS itself will be exempt from those increased costs but, as things stand, not-for-profit organisations including some care charities providing public services will have to pay.