49 h. ago 'Stealth tax' alert: Reeves Budget to make record 10m pay Income Tax higher rate if she freezes thresholds

A further two-year freeze on Income Tax thresholds would drag 790,000 more people into paying the 40% higher rate, according to the IFS

Economics

49 h. ago One in four to pay UK higher rate of tax if thresholds stay frozen, research shows

Extending the freezes beyond 2028 would raise £8.3bn in 2029-30, the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates

Economics

49 h. ago How 1million will pay tax for the first time if Budget raid goes ahead – min wage and pensioners will be hit hardest

A MILLION extra people will be dragged into paying income tax if Rachel Reeves presses ahead with a punishing stealth rise, a new report reveals. Pensioners and minimum wage earners face being hit by tax thresholds being frozen for a further two years to help balance the books. Income tax thresholds are frozen until 2028, so...

Economics

3 d. ago Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach a record high in 2025

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach a record high in 2025, a worrying new report reveals.

Events

3 d. ago Boy, 4, victim of online grooming as offences reach record high

The NSPCC described the figures, which show an almost doubling of such crimes over the past eight years, as "deeply alarming"

Events

3 d. ago Attacks on Scots cops reach record levels amid calls for offenders to stay in jail

There have been calls for prisoners convicted of police assault not to be given early release after new figures showed assaults on cops at ten year high

Events

4 d. ago Three in four wealthy families HAVEN'T given away money to ease inheritance tax burden

Even though 51% of those polled are most concerned about inheritance tax changes in the upcoming Autumn Budget, just 15% have accelerated gifting in the past year.

Economics

5 d. ago How to plot your way through the inheritance tax minefield if you DON'T have children

If you're opposed to inheritance tax, you probably believe it's unfair to be forced to hand over hard-earned wealth to an undeserving Government.

Politics

7 d. ago More than 1mn paid highest rate of tax last year due to frozen thresholds

Fiscal drag accounts for two-thirds of those paying the additional rate of income tax

Politics

1 week ago Farage vows to slash benefits with every disability claim reassessed

He said there would be no substantial tax cuts under Reform except for the inheritance tax on farms

Politics

1 week ago Stratford’s Cultural Renaissance Boosts London Tourism as American Visitors Reach Record £7.3 bn Spend, While British Airways Plans Over 400 Weekly Flights from North America

Stratford’s Cultural Renaissance Boosts London Tourism as American Visitors Reach Record £7.3 bn Spend, While British Airways Plans Over 400 Weekly Flights from North America  Travel And Tour World

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Perverse’ to charge infected blood victims’ families inheritance tax, MPs say

The criticism came as the Government launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme.

Events

2 w. ago Blue Has No Borders review – hunt for British identity in British seaside town maps the national psyche

Director Jessi Gutch shadows seven Folkestonians from a Syrian refugee, to a drag artist and a Brexiter‘Make invisible people visible,” reads a banner at Folkestone Pride in this woolly docu-hunt for that most mythical of beasts: British identity. Among many other elements, fretting about invisibility seems to be a recently acquired national trait. Virtually every group featured here, from the LGBTQ+ crowd, to uprooted Syrian refugees to local fishers and diehard Brexiters, complains of being overlooked, neglected or misunderstood in some way.Director Jessi Gutch shadows seven Folkestonians, the better to map the faultlines in the national psyche: Syrian exile Heba, not quite as fully integrated into UK culture as her younger brother and sister; barber and Only Fools and Horses proselytiser Nathan, who holds a torch for the British working class; black artist Josie, whose work explores the relationship between land and identity; Dan, the son of a fisher who as drag performer Dita ad...

Politics

2 w. ago Rents reach record high as tenants shell out 44% of their pay on a home

Rental costs for tenants have reached new record highs, with tenants shelling out 44% of their pay on rent.

Society

2 w. ago Rents reach record high as tenants shell out 44% off their pay on a home

Rental costs for tenants have reached new record highs, with tenants shelling out 44% of their pay on rent.

Society

2 w. ago BBC Countryfile star with cancer in tears as he admits suicidal thoughts

A Countryfile star tearily walked off as he opened up about “topping myself” thanks to an issue that would affect his family farm.

Events

3 w. ago Stealth inheritance tax rises lead to record £4.4bn take for Treasury

The boost to the government’s coffers is in part due to frozen thresholds which have remained in place for years

Economics

3 w. ago Inheritance tax receipts on track to reach record high this year as frozen thresholds drag more people into the net

IHT is expected to deliver the Treasury a record £9.1bn this tax year, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast earlier this year.

Politics

3 w. ago Should you be saving or spending pension cash before inheritance tax rules change?

Reports suggest some people are withdrawing pension savings to spend now - but is it the right approach?

Economics