7 h. ago Sadiq Khan boosts funding of 'bounty hunters' in new crackdown on council tax and business rates

Mayor allocates more money for council debt collectors - as council tax bills rise 5% and pub backlash against soaring business rates continues

Economics

8 h. ago Did ANY Labour MPs back the farms tax? Ministers join public condemnation of hated policy after Starmer's latest humiliating U

Keir Starmer dramatically watered down the controversial inheritance tax raid yesterday, barely a week he defended it in front of a Commons committee.

Politics

44 h. ago Labour isn't taxing fun says Treasury minister as Budget bingo boost hailed

Dan Tomlinson, the Exchequer Secretary, rubbished criticism over Budget tax rises on remote gambling, which is due to swell the public coffers by an extra £1.1billion by 2029/30

Politics

44 h. ago Closure of rural pubs in tax raid to hit the elderly as they are robbed of social hubs

Bars face an average hike of 15% in business rates next year, costing them an extra £1,400, UK Hospitality analysis shows.

Events

3 d. ago You're barred! Furious landlord bans Rachel Reeves from her local pub over Chancellor's tax hikes crippling the hospitality industry

Landlord Martin Knowles has told the Chancellor not to try to enjoy a festive pint in the Marsh Inn in her Leeds constituency after he was hit with a £2,500 hike in business rates.

Politics

4 d. ago 'Last Christmas' for many pubs thanks to Rachel Reeves' tax hikes as bars hit

While for many this Christmas will be one of festivities and cheer, for many pubs it is set to be the exact opposite as businesses will struggle due to Labour's tax hikes

Events

5 d. ago Conservative legal group aims to export its rightwing Christian mission beyond US borders

Alliance Defending Freedom has ramped up its global spending on litigation and other campaigns to push its ultra conservative Christian valuesAlliance Defending Freedom, the conservative legal advocacy group behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, has ramped up its global spending on litigation and other campaigns, in what appears to be an attempt to export what critics call its hard-right Christian theocratic values beyond US borders.ADF and ADF International, a separate legal entity, spent a combined $10.9m on international grants and programs for the year ending June 2024, according to its most up to date public tax records, and appears to have increased by 70% year-on-year spending on Europe-related issues. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Chances of EU trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are dire, says industry body

Just 10,000 out of economic bloc’s 6m trucks are electric and are more likely to be operating on short routesBusiness live – latest updatesThe chances of the European trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are “dire”, an industry body has warned, as it emerged that only a tiny amount of lorries delivering goods in the EU are electric.Speaking as the European Commission prepares to water down electric car targets, the boss of the association for commercial vehicles called on the commission to commit to an urgent review of the sector, tackling problems including a lack of public charging points, a lack of tax breaks for trucks and high energy costs. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson bans all Labour MPs from his Cotswolds pub in fury at tax hike

TV star's business rates bill has soared from £28,000 to over £50,000 as hospitality industry revolts against Chancellor's Budget

Politics

1 week ago Publicans ‘petrified’ over closures and job cuts after Budget tax increases

Industry bosses are calling for urgent tax relief after holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday.

Economics

1 week ago Hundreds of furious landlords are barring Keir Starmer & Labour MPs from their boozers in protest at Budget tax

HUNDREDS of furious landlords are barring PM Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour MPs from their boozers in protest at a sly Budget tax-grab. They fear they will have to call last orders on pubs in the wake of the punishing Budget. Scores have joined the Taxed Out campaign and back banning Labour MPs from...

Economics

1 week ago Labour MPs banned from pubs and restaurants for 'taxing hospitality into extinction'

Pubs and restaurants are facing huge tax hikes of 76% over three years after Covid-era business rates relief ends in April, according to industry body UKHospitality

Events

2 w. ago Prince of Wales labelled 'secretive' over decision to stop making tax returns public

In his BBC series, David Dimblebly reports that the wealth of the top royals is rising fast and "will only go ever upwards"

Politics

2 w. ago Labour wants jobless youths to work in pubs and restaurants to cut massive benefits bill

Ministers have announced an £820 million package aimed at helping almost one million into work, with jobs in bars, restaurants, building sites and care homes.

Society

2 w. ago Labour pledges to offer jobless youths work in pubs and restaurants to cut massive benefits bill

Ministers have announced an £820 million package aimed at helping almost one million into work, with jobs in bars, restaurants, building sites and care homes.

Society

2 w. ago Failed asylum seekers were treated to spa days, football tournaments and bingo nights while waiting for deportation, report finds

An inspection of Dungavel House in Lanarkshire found detainees enjoying a packed nine-hour daily leisure schedule, complete with a cinema room, barber salon and even a social hub.

Events

3 w. ago Pubs face financial ruin after Rachel Reeves' Budget stealth tax raid: Landlords hike pint prices, reduce opening hours and axe staff in desperate bid to save their boozers

Landlords have warned that punters could potentially be charged more than £18 for a pint as a result of surging costs - while the rate of pub closures accelerates.

Economics

3 w. ago Reeves hit with Labour revolt on farms tax raid as backlash mounts against Budget

A slew of MPs pleaded with the government to review its inheritance tax assault as the fiscal package went through the Commons last night.

Economics

3 w. ago I can't see how pubs can survive Budget hammer blow that'll put up their taxes by £50,000. Many will simply cease to exist: SACHA LORD

Goodbye to our beloved British pubs. I honestly do not see how they can survive the hammer blow of last week's Budget.

Economics

3 w. ago New £70m Mercedes F1 HQ hit by £60,000 tool theft raid leaving dozens of tradespeople ‘devastated’

THE new £70million HQ of F1 giants Mercedes was hit by a £60,000 tool theft raid. Dozens of tradespeople on the site — currently being transformed into a motorsports hub — had equipment stolen from supposedly safe security boxes. Bosses at the 12-time F1 constructors’ champions have passed CCTV footage to police after tools were...

Economics