4 d. ago Ditch rising cost of living in the UK for tax havens where you can save and enjoy the sunshine too

The super-rich have long cashed in on this, but with many taxes increasing in the UK more people are being tempted by the lure of lower-tax jurisdictions.

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4 d. ago The Iranian tax haven where Kinahan Cartel mobsters could relocate after one of Ireland's 'most wanted' is extradited from Dubai

Boasting glittering shopping malls, generous tax breaks and miles of sandy beaches, it's a Middle Eastern hotspot designed to pull in high-spending visitors.

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1 week ago Reform UK’s income tax plans ‘to cost up to £80bn’ warns IFS – UK politics live

Research institute says costs of plan to exclude those earning less than £20k from the tax will dwarf those of party’s winter fuel and two-child benefit changesThe co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales, Adrian Ramsay, has renewed his call for Russia to face greater sanctions. Posting to social media, the MP for Waveney Valley said “Putin has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian civilians because he thinks he’ll face no consequences. Much tougher sanctions are urgently needed to bring him into serious peace talks to end this horrific war.”As well as appearing on the media round today, shadow chancellor Mel Stride has written for the Daily Mail, saying that the Conservatives continue to back the two-child benefit cap. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 21 May: M&S braced for £300m cyber attack hit, inflation surges

Marks & Spencer has revealed that disruption from a “highly sophisticated” cyber attack last month is expected to continue through to July.

Economics

2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 21 May: Inflation surges, M&S reveals cyber attack profit hit

Marks & Spencer has revealed that disruption from a “highly sophisticated” cyber attack last month is expected to continue through to July.

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2 w. ago Mo Salah's 'worst miss ever' as open goal sitter costs Liverpool comeback defeat

Mo Salah incredibly missed a sitter as the Egyptian sliced wide his effort in front of an open goal from just six yards out in a shocking miss that cost Liverpool defeat at Brighton

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Britain’s new aid vision: less cash, more spin. The cost will be counted in lives | Editorial

With development assistance cuts, ministers have traded responsibility for rhetoric and borrowed from Donald Trump’s playbook Last week, the government justified cutting the UK’s development budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income – the lowest level in more than 25 years – by claiming Britain’s role is now to “share expertise”, not hand out cash. With a straight face, the minister responsible, Jenny Chapman, told MPs on the international development committee that the age of the UK as “a global charity” was over. But this isn’t reinvention – it’s abdication, wrapped in spin. No wonder Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who is chair of the committee, called Lady Chapman’s remarks “naive” and “disrespectful”. Behind the slogans lies a brutal truth: lives will be lost, and Britain no longer cares. Dressing that up as the “new normal” doesn’t make it less callous.Kevin Watkins of the London School of Economics analysed the cuts and found no soft-landing options. He suggests chartin...

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3 w. ago Extreme wind blamed for sinking of superyacht off Sicily last year, British probe says

British investigators say the superyacht of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, which capsized last August off the coast of Sicily at the cost of seven lives, was knocked over by “extreme wind” and could not recover

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3 w. ago Is Britain breaking international law over Israel to avoid offending Trump? We may find out in court this week | Yasmine Ahmed

The UK’s arms exports to Israel will be tested again as a Palestinian rights group challenges the governmentYasmine Ahmed is UK director of Human Rights WatchOn Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel. As the government’s lawyers take the floor to deliver their opening remarks – in a case that was brought by the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and is supported by Human Rights Watch – thousands of children in Gaza will be starving. This is the result of an Israeli blockade on food, aid and medical supplies that defies the binding orders of the international court of justice.Thousands of mothers will be mourning the children they have lost in an assault on Gaza that is estimated to have cost the lives of more than 50,000 people, according to the Gaza ministry of health. Thousands of people will be homeless, forcibly displaced and living among the rubble of the towns and cities they no...

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4 w. ago Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutionsAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of koalas are being displaced each year as blue gum plantations are cut down in Victoria, worsening overcrowding in nearby forests and exacerbating the risk of injury and death during bushfires.An estimated 42,500 koalas live in blue gum plantations in south-west Victoria, data shows. Between 8,000 and 10,000 hectares of plantation are harvested each year, making thousands of koalas homeless.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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