2 d. ago Hear'Say star Suzanne Shaw's 'shocked and hurt' stepmother gives HER side of story after singer revealed row about will on live TV

The Emmerdale star made her remarks on TV this week, saying that on his death all of her father's assets had passed to his then wife Irene - when she understood they would be split equally.

Events

4 d. ago Emmerdale star estranged from family after being 'cut out' of father's will

Emmerdale star Suzanne Shaw, who played Eve Jenson on the ITV soap, says she no longer speaks to some of her family and that being left out of the inheritance is "slap in the face"

Politics

4 d. ago The devastating mystery gripping the heir of Blenheim Palace and his desperate family

He's blessed with a glamorous wife, two wonderful young daughters - and will, one day, inherit Blenheim Palace, arguably the most sumptuous family seat in Britain.

Politics

4 d. ago Emmerdale's Suzanne Shaw says she's estranged from family after inheritance 'snub'

A former Emmerdale cast member spoke to Vanessa Feltz on her 5 talk show this week about inheritance, with Suzanne Shaw speaking about her late father's death in 2012

Politics

4 d. ago After weeks of silence, Erin Patterson begins to tell her side of the story to deadly mushroom lunch trial

Accused triple murderer gives emotional testimony as she faces questions on beef wellington lunch that killed threeErin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hearsErin Patterson had been in the witness box for 142 minutes, a window to her right showing the rain falling outside in regional Victoria, when her barrister Colin Mandy SC said: “I’m going to ask you some questions now about mushrooms”.Patterson had already spoken to the court about her children and her family, her hefty inheritances, her relationship with her estranged husband, Simon, and their slow and gradual decoupling, in her evidence on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago I'm 80 and want to move in with my son and his family, will it create an inheritance tax trap?

My wife and I are 80. What are the tax implications and pitfalls, if we sell our house and buy another jointly with my son and his family?

Politics

2 w. ago Family farm inheritance tax changes slammed as "disastrous" by Perth and Kinross councillor

Bailie Claire McLaren said generational family farming businesses in Perth and Kinross - and across Scotland - were "reeling from this ill-informed tax"

Events

3 w. ago The Guardian view on Europe’s growing wealth divide: back to the world of Balzac | Editorial

A new study highlights the dangers of a modern rentier capitalism that perpetuates inequality through the generationsIn a recent study picked up in the French press, the academic Mélanie Plouviez cites one of her country’s best-loved novelists to make a damning point. The power of inherited and unearned wealth in the France of 2025, she argues, replicates the social injustices found in Honoré de Balzac’s 19th-century chronicles of ambition and despair. As in the 1820s, she writes, “Who now could buy a place in Paris relying only on their wage and without family help? With the resurgence of inherited wealth, a gulf between what work allows and inheritance allows has also returned.”The problem is a sadly familiar one across Europe, and the same observation could be made of Britain, Germany or Italy. The economist Thomas Piketty has laid bare the extent to which booming stock markets and property prices have turbocharged asset wealth in western liberal democracies, at the expense of th...

Politics

3 w. ago My father abandoned our family when I was a toddler but his most hurtful decision allowed me to inherit £100,000

Divorcee Ann Margaret Mathison died alone in Los Angeles aged 74 in November 2020, leaving behind a stunning £1.5million estate.

Economics