5 d. ago Premium Bonds warning as you will start paying HMRC tax if you cross threshold

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds recently changed

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5 d. ago More than 230 people arrested in crackdown on shoplifting gangs

It comes Edinburgh was identified as one of the nation’s top three retail crime hotspots.

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8 d. ago Labour's 'one in, one out' migrant deal fiasco: As Cooper attempts asylum 'crackdown', it emerges 3,567 people have landed in dinghies since deal with France was struck

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later this month'.

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2 w. ago Local DC cases are landing in federal courts. A judge says the results are problematic

Hundreds of people have been arrested since President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown flooded the nation’s capital with federal agents and troops

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2 w. ago Pensioners overcharged on pension withdrawals face refunds worth thousands

HMRC has started to refund thousands to pensioners who were overcharged tax, with some receiving over £100,000

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2 w. ago Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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2 w. ago HMRC launches child benefit crackdown as 'tens of thousands' of people to be hit

The government expects to save £350m by stopping tens of thousands of people claiming

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2 w. ago 'I joined a drug crackdown near a London Underground station

'I joined a drug crackdown near a London Underground station - police stopped 19 people in an hour'  MyLondon

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2 w. ago Crackdown on people wrongly claiming child benefit could save taxpayers millions

A pilot of the scheme saw 15 investigators uncover £17m worth of incorrect payments

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3 w. ago White House says more than 450 people arrested since start of federal crackdown on crime in DC – US politics live

Official says 52 people arrested on Monday alone; 68 firearms have been seized and three known gang members arrested since 7 AugustThe Republican governors of Louisiana and Tennessee will send hundreds of their national guard troops to assist federal law enforcement in DC – to help assist the president’s “crime crackdown”.They join Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina – who have all sent national guard troops to DC. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago HMRC starts brutal VAT crackdown on people who 'should have known'

HMRC is set to target the construction industry in a VAT crackdown that's seen the taxman take on people they think 'should have known'

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