8 d. ago Premium Bonds results in Wales see 125 people get huge payouts

The UK-wide May prize fund was a huge £413m and in Wales 125 people won £5,000 or more with two people each bagging £100,000

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8 d. ago Trump repeats legally dubious threat to ‘take away’ Harvard’s tax

Federal law prohibits president from directing or influencing the IRS to investigate or audit an organizationUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said again on Friday that he would be “taking away” Harvard’s tax-exempt status as a non-profit in a legally questionable move that escalates his ongoing feud with the elite university.“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote on Truth Social in a more direct message than a post in April when he said “perhaps” the college should lose its tax-exempt status. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The way universities can survive the Trump era? Band together in an alliance | David Kirp

Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back offHigher education is under attack from the person who inhabits the White House. Universities are being threatened with an array of punishments, including the cutoff of their federal contracts and grants, the loss of their nonprofit status and a tax on their endowment. The Trump administration is demanding a say in whom they admit, whom they hire and even what courses they teach.It’s a grim message – abandon your fundamental values, or else. The idea of an “existential moment” has become a cliche, but this situation warrants that grim description. Academic freedom, the lifeblood of higher education, is being threatened.David Kirp is professor emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley and the author of The College Dropout Scandal Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Premium Bonds savers who are winning nothing advised as full prize list unveiled

NS&I paid out more than 5.94 million Premium Bonds prizes this month

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9 d. ago NS&I Premium Bonds savers warned against four common myths as 'you could miss out'

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds fell recently

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9 d. ago NS&I: Premium Bonds prize checker as UK savings winners get £1m in May 2025 draw

Check your numbers - thousands of savers have scooped big wins in this month’s draw 💸

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9 d. ago NS&I announces May's Premium Bond winners with two £1 million prizes

Premium Bond prizes get announced at the start of each month

Economics

9 d. ago Premium Bond results for May 2025 released today with two £1million prizes

Premium Bonds are a savings product run by National Savings & Investment (NS&I) but instead of getting interest on your money, you're entered into a monthly prize draw

Economics

1 week ago NS&I Premium Bonds prizes for May 2025 draw with two £1 million winners

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds recently fell

Economics

1 week ago Premium Bonds prize checker: When is May’s draw and how can I check if I’ve won?

Everything you need to know about premium bonds

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1 week ago Premium Bonds warning over prize rate as 'most will earn less'

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds was cut again from the April draw

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1 week ago Premium Bonds warning issued as millions of savers told to take their money out

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by AJ Bell’s Dodl investing app revealed that nearly two-thirds of Premium Bond holders - which is equivalent to just under 14.4 million people - have never won a prize

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1 week ago Premium Bonds figures show how much you need invested to win multiple prizes

NS&I reduced the prize fund rate for Premium Bonds again this month

Economics

1 week ago Premium Bonds may be incredibly popular – but 14m have never won a penny in prize money

NS&I say there’s an effective prize rate of 3.8 per cent - but no winnings are guaranteed

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3 w. ago The Latest: Trump administration takes aim at Harvard international students and tax

President Donald Trump’s administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university from enrolling international students as the president called for withdrawing Harvard’s tax-exempt status

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3 w. ago DHS threatens to bar Harvard from enrolling international students unless it shares protest info

Move comes as administration has frozen billions in federal funds and considers revoking Harvard’s tax exempt status

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3 w. ago HMRC spells out tax status of Premium Bonds prizes in update

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds fells from this month. A taxpayer got in touch with the HMRC on social media to ask about capital gains tax

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3 w. ago Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support

President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozenDonald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling the pre-eminent university in the US a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”.Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous demands from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a showdown between the federal government and one of the US’s most prestigious institutions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Premium Bonds rates could rise as NS&I decision marks 'big shift'

NS&I has raised a raft of the rates on its British Savings Bonds this week

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3 w. ago Donald Trump threatens to remove Harvard’s tax exempt status

Warning comes as the university rejects the administration’s demands to overhaul its governance

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