4 h. ago The 15 Best Bookshops in London, According to a Luxury Travel Magazine Condé Nast Traveller

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12 h. ago Defence chiefs spent more than £200million of taxpayers' money on travel and luxury stays

Defence chiefs spent more than £200 million of taxpayers' money on travel and luxury stays for senior staff last year while troops lived in squalid conditions.

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30 h. ago ‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved onesOne February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Devereux, at the time the most powerful official in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was stopped by a junior colleague as he walked through the car park of a civil service office in Preston, Lancashire. Was he aware, the worker asked, about the problems with carer’s allowance?Devereux, on a flying visit to the DWP outpost, asked for details and promised to look into it. A few days later, Devereux’s office received a long and detailed note, complete with 80 anonymised case studies, setting out how years of shortcomings in the administration of the carer’s allowance benefit had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and inflicted untold hardship and misery on thousands of unpaid carers. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago DWP Universal Credit crackdown update is good news for millions of Brits

DWP issued an alert this week amid a Universal Credit crackdown as they updated a number on the changes possible saving a colossal sum of money for British taxpayers

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59 h. ago The migrant tent cities springing up in the suburb where one in every 112 residents is an asylum seeker

Hillingdon had supported 89 asylum seekers out of every 10,000 residents at the end of last year - and residents say taxpayers' money which the council is having to pay to house them was 'disgraceful'.

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2 d. ago Expedia discount codes for May 2025 – exclusive 6% off all hotels

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7 d. ago I spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury hotels every year

Tom Cahalan has a taste for the finer things in life. The globetrotter admits to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on five-star hotels.

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8 d. ago Council has propped up shopping centre for eight years with £3.5m of taxpayers' money

The leader of the Conservative opposition group said he was 'absolutely staggered that the council has squandered over £3.56m of local taxpayers' money on this'

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1 week ago The best luxury hotels with baby clubs — so parents can indulge in some serious R&R

New parents need a holiday more than anyone, but it’s not always easy to unwind with little ones in tow. But fear not, these luxury hotels are the holy grail — offering daycare for kids under four

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2 w. ago I swapped the Maldives for a popular Spanish resort best known for cheap beer

Maldives loyalist Jessica Harris checks in to the brand new Royal Hideaway Corales Villas - located in a Spanish resort best known for its cheap beer - and is left very impressed.

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2 w. ago Former UK military chief encourages doubling of defence spending

The UK spent £53.9 billion on defence in the 2023/24 and the Government has committed to increases in the coming years.

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2 w. ago The best luxury hotels in Dubai for glamorous beach clubs and exclusive experiences

Whether its designer malls, 24-hour butler service or indulgent spa oases, these hotels reveal why Dubai is known for opulence

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2 w. ago Celebration villa breaks: From birthdays to anniversaries, find your perfect luxury getaway

Life’s biggest milestones deserve more than a table for two. With private infinity pools, wrap-around terraces with panoramic sea views, and the ultimate privacy, here’s why villas are the perfect setting for celebrating something special

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2 w. ago The 27 best bakeries in London, according to a luxury travel magazine

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2 w. ago 11 of the best luxury hotels in Tenerife for sophisticated retreats and adults

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2 w. ago Luxury holiday competition inundated with Scottish mums desperate to get back into skiing

VIP SKI has announced the shortlist for its luxury ski competition which challenged Brits to get back into skiing – and they were inundated by Scottish mums.

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3 w. ago Oklahoma wants to teach kids Trump’s false version of the 2020 election where he was cheated out of victory

Statehouse Democrat argues new standards will ‘insert an extremist political agenda into our public education system that will only cost Oklahomans more taxpayer money’

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3 w. ago A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: ‘Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunset’

A renovated lighthouse on the Bay of Biscay is the perfect base for exploring Asturias’s maritime delightsI have always longed to be a lighthouse keeper and now, at last, I am one. If only for the weekend. Look at my chunky-knit jumper! Feel the waterproof weave of my Donegal tweed cap! Truth be told, I am way too toasty in this quasi-nautical ensemble, having hoped and dressed for ominous fog, murderous gales and oceanic rainstorms. Instead, it is bright, calm and warm on an early spring afternoon in the famously pretty fishing village of Cudillero in Asturias, where the Costa Verde of northern Spain drops away into the deep blue Bay of Biscay.Built in 1858, the local lighthouse – the Faro de Cudillero – stands on a shelf of rock just beyond the harbour, a short walk up stone steps and along a narrow cliff side service path. Its hexagonal beacon tower has been remodelled a few times over the years. The signal lamp inside was first fuelled by olive oil, then paraffin and petrol, bef...

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3 w. ago 'I took a £700 luxury train and now I can never get on the Tube again'

The Northern Belle offers sweeping pastoral views, gourmet cuisine and a slice of elegance from a bygone era - just try not to let it ruin your trip home, writes Sophie Bateman

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3 w. ago The 19 best glamping sites in Britain and Europe. From gorgeous wagons and cabins to luxury yurts, our travel experts pick their little

With proper beds in everything from a tent to a tipi, not to mention yurts, Airstream caravans and floating cabins, there are plenty of opportunities to experience nature in comfort.

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