1 hour ago Voices: ‘Owning a £500k home does not make you rich’: Readers challenge Reeves’ property tax plan

Our community has hit out at plans for a £500k property tax, saying it unfairly hits ordinary homeowners and needs higher thresholds or regional tweaks

Economics

2 h. ago Kirstie Allsopp accuses Rachel Reeves of 'punishing' homebuyers as Chancellor 'mulls new property tax'

The Treasury is reportedly mulling plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000

Society

2 h. ago Kirstie Allsopp leads fury at Rachel Reeves' new property tax plan 'to punish Britons for working hard': Labour raid on ALL homes worth more than £500k is 'wealth tax in all but name'

The Chancellor has been accused of seeking to 'punish people' for making sacrifices to buy their own homes.

Economics

3 h. ago Fury at Rachel Reeves' new property tax plan to 'punish Britons for working hard': Labour raid on ALL homes worth more than £500k is 'wealth tax in all but name'

The Chancellor has been accused of seeking to 'punish people' for making sacrifices to buy their own homes.

Economics

3 h. ago Reeves’ new homes levy slammed as a ‘tax on ordinary Londoners’ that will hit families hardest

An estate agent who has campaigned against stamp duty said the tax change would make it harder for ordinary Londoners to start families

Society

4 h. ago London Zoo's penguins and giant tortoises hit the scales on weigh

London Zoo's penguins and giant tortoises hit the scales on weigh-in day  BBC

Events

5 h. ago Rachel Reeves plots a new property tax raid on ALL homes worth more than £500,000 AND a new 'local property tax'

The Chancellor is said to have ordered Treasury officials to examine reforms to the current stamp duty system.

Economics

8 h. ago Rachel Reeves set for 'punishingly high' new tax raid on Brits as £500k warning issued

Fresh reports suggest Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a new national property tax on homes above £500,000, which would be paid by owner-occupiers when they sell their home

Events

16 h. ago Reeves considering new property tax on houses worth more than £500,000

A new property tax would only affect houses worth nearly double the average cost of a home in the UK

Economics

19 h. ago London woman arrested after she allegedly hit, threatened deputies

London woman arrested after she allegedly hit, threatened deputies  LEX18

Events

43 h. ago Man attacked in Croydon 'falls into path of oncoming van after being pushed'

A man, aged in his 40s, was rushed to hospital having been hit by a van in Croydon, south London, after allegedly being pushed into the road during an argument

Events

4 d. ago Scientists warn a new weather phenomenon dubbed the 'FIREWAVE' will devastate UK cities as summers become hotter and drier

Scientists have warned that climate change is making devastating firewaves more likely - and one could hit London this weekend.

Events

4 d. ago Met Office verdict on date thunderstorms will hit London after 33C heatwave

Met Office verdict on date thunderstorms will hit London after 33C heatwave  MyLondon

Events

5 d. ago Person dies after being hit by train at busy London Underground station

Person dies after being hit by train at busy London Underground station  News Shopper

Events

5 d. ago Starmer ‘set to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail plan’ to boost UK infrastructure

Sir Keir Starmer is set to make the announcement before the Labour conference in a speech with chancellor Rachel Reeves

Politics

5 d. ago Brit tourist, 61, dies in Turkey after being run over by 'drunk driver' TWICE

Lisa Di Palma, from east London, died after she was hit twice by a car in Turkey

Events

6 d. ago Is it too hot to work? Health and safety experts explain what the heatwave means for the workplace

As we endure yet another mini-heatwave, office-working Brits are once again entering the season of uncomfortably hot working environments, with amber heat alerts in place across the country and temperatures expected to hit 31°C in London this week.

Society

6 d. ago One of London’s biggest airports will be hit by strikes this month

One of London’s biggest airports will be hit by strikes this month  Time Out Worldwide

Events

6 d. ago Amber warning in place as London basks in third day of heatwave with temperatures set to hit 30C

The capital sizzles in another day of sunshine on Wednesday as the fourth heatwave of the summer continues

Events

6 d. ago Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police

Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police  HamHigh

Events