5 h. ago Government responds as thousands call for personal tax allowance rate changes

A petition to raise the personal tax allowance to £20,000 has received a response from the Treasury as it nears 170,000 signatures

Politics

22 h. ago Elon Musk urges US to exit NATO as tensions soar after heated Trump and Zelensky spat

The head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was responding to a message from hard-right political commentator David J. Freeman, known on X Gunther Eagleman when he made the statement

Politics

28 h. ago The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial

Donald Trump’s threats to global tax reform have backfired, leaving the US isolated as nations push ahead with a new UN tax conventionDonald Trump’s Oval Office tirade on Friday laid bare his instinct to harangue and bully those – even supposed allies such as Ukraine, fighting for its survival – who dare to disagree. Countries pushing global tax reform at the UN will be watching as US demands for subjugation play out in plain sight. His day-one threat to punish nations taxing US firms is an all-out attack on global fiscal cooperation. If multilateralism in taxation was already on shaky ground, Mr Trump’s return could bury it for good.Under discussion is a new UN tax convention that may permit states to tax economic activity where it actually occurs, rather than allowing multinationals to shift profits to tax havens. The Tax Justice Network (TJN) said last year that nations lose $492bn (£390bn) annually due to corporate tax abuse. The global south bears the greatest losses, whic...

Economics

53 h. ago Email shows that Musk ally is moving to close office behind free tax filing program at IRS

Program is apparently being closed according to email from former Tesla engineer installed in GSAAn Elon Musk ally installed in the US government said in a late night email going into Saturday that the office behind a popular free online tax filing option would be shuttered – and its employees would be let go.The 18F office within the General Services Administration (GSA) created the IRS Direct File program that allows for free online tax filings. It has been a frequent target of Musk, and one of the billionaire businessman’s close associates who holds a key position in the GSA informed staffers that the agency would close 18F in an email to staffers that arrived around 1am on Saturday morning. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Grenfell firms facing possible bans over ‘mercenary behaviour’ named

The Government has formally responded to a series of recommendations set out last September in the inquiry’s final report.

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5 d. ago #AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside

Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on BlueskyAfter seeing Elon Musk’s X post on Saturday afternoon about an email that would soon land in the inboxes of 2.3 million federal employees asking them to list five things they did the week before, a clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies began talking on an encrypted app about how to respond.Employees on a four-day, 10-hours-a-day schedule wouldn’t even see the email until Tuesday – past the deadline for responding – some noted. There was also a bit of snark: “bonus points to anyone who responds that they spent their government subsidy on hookers and blow,” one worker said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago People with sight loss could claim up to £434 extra per month

Attendance Allowance is a tax-free benefit which is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Economics

9 d. ago Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas

FBI says Aurora Phelps met men online for dating then drugged them and stole cars and moneyA woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said on Friday.Three of the men died, authorities said, and she has been charged in one of their deaths. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

The FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme

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1 week ago New call for all State Pension payments to be exempt from income tax threshold

The Personal Allowance will remain frozen at £12,570 until the 2028/9 financial year.

Economics

1 week ago Is cash ISA limit being slashed to £4,000? Everything we know so far and what savers should do now

More than 18 million people currently have a cash Isa - but Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly under pressure to axe or reduce the tax-free allowance

Economics

1 week ago ‘I’ve served my country for 20 years’: trans military members fear an assault on their rights – and their honor

As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to comeFor Bree Fram, an active duty lieutenant colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.“Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trans military members on the feared ban: ‘I would meet Trump to show how we’ve served our country’

As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to comeFor Bree Fram, an active-duty colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.“Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Calls to increase personal tax allowance to £20,000 for all pensioners set for debate

More than 151,000 people have signed an online petition in support of an increase to the tax threshold.

Economics

2 w. ago Martin Lewis has simple HMRC tip to boost Personal Tax Allowance by £1,200

Martin Lewis has shared a simple tip for couples to boost their Personal Tax Allowance to £13,830 before the end of the financial year on April 5

Economics