35 h. ago Starmer admits pubs will ‘struggle’ after Chancellor’s tax raid as over 360 shut for good last year

Bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels and music venues are among the businesses facing much higher bills as part of double whammy tax raids

Politics

3 d. ago Fury as EV drivers face 'double tax' when abroad thanks to new Labour scheme

Under the scheme, called eVED, drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids will pay an annual fee based on how many miles they drive.

Transport

3 d. ago I'm selling my UK property but live in the US: Will I be double taxed?

I lived in the property for eight years when I bought it, but it has been let out for 29 years - and is now worth £800,000. How much tax do I need to pay?

Society

4 d. ago Fury at 'sick joke' £240,000 taxpayer bill for Islamist double killer under ECHR rules after he whined that putting him in solitary for taking prison officer hostage breached his human rights

Fuad Awale was given the cash in compensation and costs by the High Court after he complained that a decision to place him in solitary confinement left him 'severely depressed'.

Events

4 d. ago Double killer gets £7,500 payout for human rights breaches as taxpayers foot £234,000 legal bill

Fuad Awale was convicted in January 2013 of the execution-style shooting of two teenagers

Economics

5 d. ago Islamist double killer wins £240k payout after suffering ‘severe depression’ due to being isolated from other inmates

AN Islamist double murderer has been awarded a £7,500 payout after a taxpayer funded £234,000 legal battle. Fuad Awale was convicted in January 2013 of the execution-style shooting of two teenagers and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years. He was then given a further six years for taking a prison officer...

Economics

5 d. ago Islamist double murderer who held prison officer hostage is awarded £240k taxpayer

Fuad Awale was transferred to a special separation unit for dangerous convicts after he and another convict ambushed a jail worker and threatened to kill him.

Events

8 d. ago Another London council ‘considering bringing in double council tax for second homes'

The west London authority has just applied for emergency funding from the government

Politics

8 d. ago Council tax bombshell for thousands of home owners as bills set to double

A 100% council tax surcharge will be introduced in a number of areas, including Wiltshire, Hillingdon and South Norfolk, from April, instantly doubling annual bills for thousands

Economics

2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer waters down family farm tax in yet another humiliating U

The threshold at which inheritance tax will apply to farmers will more than double from £1million to £2.5million, halving the number of estates affected.

Politics

3 w. ago Government responds to calls for major tax rule change for state pensioners

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for the tax free allowance for the state pension to be doubled

Politics

3 w. ago UK Government responds to calls to 'double' tax threshold for pensioners

A Government update has been issued after a petition was raised calling for the tax threshold for pensioners to be doubled

Politics

3 w. ago Government issues update amid calls to 'double' UK State Pension tax threshold

A parliamentary petition claims that "State Pensioners should have double the tax-free allowance"

Politics

3 w. ago Asylum crisis deepens as court backlog more than doubles in a year to nearly 70,000 cases (and guess who's footing the bill!)

New data from the Ministry of Justice showed the backlog of asylum cases in the lower tribunal rocketed by 104 per cent to 69,670 by the end of September, up from 34,234 a year earlier.

Events