10 h. ago Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine

Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militariesOn Thursday, congressional Republicans passed Trump’s 1,000-page budget, and the president signed it on Saturday. The rich will get obscenely richer. The poor will be hungrier and sicker, work more precarious, and the planet unrelentingly hotter. The symmetry is elegant: cuts to healthcare and food programs average about $120bn each year over the next decade, while the tax cuts will save households earning more than $500,000 about $120bn a year.Trump got what he wanted. But enriching himself and his wealthy friends at the expense of everyone else has long been his life purpose. It was not until he became president, with the Heritage Foundation’s wonks, the deportation czar Stephen Miller, and six loyal supreme courtiers behind him, that he could reshape the US in his own amoral, racist, violence-intoxicated image. In fact, the latter goal may be dearer to him than the former. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago HMRC sending tax letters to four million UK households over summer

Anyone who paid too much tax to HMRC last year will receive a letter

Economics

15 h. ago HMRC begins sending tax letters to four million UK households

As well as employees who are paid by PAYE, this could also impact pensioners who have paid too much tax

Economics

36 h. ago Public asked not to lay flowers to mark a year on from Southport attack

In an open letter, Sefton Council asked people to donate to local causes instead.

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49 h. ago HMRC warning as those with £3,500 or more in savings accounts being sent tax bill letters

HMRC may send you a tax bill letter if you have more than £3,500 in your savings account

Economics

3 d. ago Nurse's battle to save breast after £3,500 boob job in Turkey

''Everyone warned me not to go but I thought I knew best"

Economics

5 d. ago Spot the rogue letter in this 'impossible' puzzle that only 1% can solve in under 11 seconds

A fiendish puzzle has challenged people to find the odd letter out in a sea of Ms - and it's left nearly everyone scratching their heads - but can you spot it in record time?

Politics

6 d. ago Emily Atack’s Dune sandals look just like Hermes Oran pair and cost £500 less

Emily Atack has found the perfect lookalike for Hermes’ celeb-loved £610 Oran sandals, with a Dune pair that will save you more than £500 – they’re perfect for holiday

Economics

7 d. ago "I got a letter in the post that said it may cause death.... people have been left stranded'

A number of Citroën owners have been told their cars are unsafe to drive

Events

1 week ago Warning for higher rate taxpayers with more than £14,500 in savings

The number of higher rate tax payers is set to balloon to more than 7million - and they must pay tax on savings interest over £500.

Economics

1 week ago Warning for higher rate taxpayers with more than £14,500 saved

The number of higher rate tax payers is set to balloon to more than 7million - and they must pay tax on savings interest over £500.

Economics

1 week ago Chinese student who used a phone mast ‘blaster’ in car to send HMRC scam texts to thousands is jailed

Scammer Ruichen Xiong tried to obtain private or banking info from passers-by in London

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3 w. ago The summer mattress trick that will save you hundreds and keep you cool

Save as much as £500 and keep cool at night without having to buy a new mattress

Politics

3 w. ago Four people given suspended sentences for Vinícius Júnior hate crime

Effigy of Real Madrid forward was hung from a bridgeAll four signed a letter of apology to the BrazilianFour people have been handed suspended jail sentences by a Madrid court after being found guilty of a hate crime related to an effigy of the Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior.They were involved in hanging a banner reading “Madrid hates Real” and an inflatable black effigy in a replica of the Brazilian’s No 20 shirt on a bridge before a Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid and Atlético in January 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’

Politics

last month HMRC sends letters out to people with £3,500 or more in their savings account

HMRC is currently sending out letters to everyone who has a savings account and has earned more than £500 in interest over the last financial year

Economics