35 h. ago MIDAS: If you'd invested £1,000 in the bond I picked 5 years ago you'd have made £500 in interest with more on the way

With food prices up more than 25 per cent in the past three years, energy bills soaring and tax hikes on the horizon, the chance to bag some extra income has rarely seemed more attractive.

Economics

49 h. ago Family SUVs face road tax hikes under new proposals pushed by Labour politicians

The call for higher levies on large SUVs, often chosen by families for their space, came from Labour and Green party members of the London Assembly.

Politics

53 h. ago Cuts and council tax hikes could bridge £40m North Ayrshire budget black hole

The next three years provides a range of financial challenges for the local authority.

Economics

2 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Children are being killed because we are too scared of being called racist. When will this dangerous madness end?

We've been here before and we'll be here again. Twenty-five years ago, a tragic eight-year-old girl called Victoria Climbie was tortured, starved and beaten to death while the authorities did nothing.

Events

4 d. ago Georgia school district considers property tax hike to pay for school officers after shooting

Officials in the Georgia school district where four people were killed in a September school shooting are considering a property tax increase to pay for school-based police officers

Events

4 d. ago Voices: Are Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer in denial about the ‘T’ word?

In a key speech in Rochdale, the chancellor stuck to Labour's manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance for employees and VAT, saying she had ‘absolutely no intention’ of repeating the £40bn tax hike in her first Budget. Her words may well come back to haunt her, warns Andrew Grice

Politics

5 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: White working class children have been betrayed

Saturday night at eight o'clock found me not at the movies but at the Cinema Museum, a hidden gem near the Oval cricket ground in South London.

Events

6 d. ago Pubs face wipeout as Rachel Reeves told to make urgent change

The pub industry is in dire straights and some industry bosses fear the Chancellor's tax hikes could kill off Britain's boozers and restaurants amid a surge is costs

Politics

6 d. ago Starmer defies Labour clamour for tax hikes to fund more welfare as he hints at winter fuel allowance move soon

Keir Starmer poured cold water on left-wing demands for 'wealth taxes' to fund spending on benefits and service, arguing that the burden is already 'high'.

Economics

9 d. ago Motorists urged 'check number plate' to see if they owe DVLA £150 tax hike

With new car tax rates in force, drivers can use a useful online tool to see what they owe instantly

Economics

1 week ago Cash Isa tax raid will hike cost of mortgages, Nationwide boss warns Reeves

Chief exec Debbie Crosbie said she was keen for the duty-free allowance to remain at £20,000 a year - as the lender reported a 30% jump in profits.

Economics

1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The couple in their 70s who bought a baby from a stranger in California are selfish in the extreme... but THIS is the troubling question that everyone is ignoring

The year was 1985, at the height of the AIDS scare. A colleague returned from Yorkshire. Over a pint, he confided that he'd spent a night of passion with the landlady of the B&B he'd stayed in...

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves 'faces having to hike income tax, NICs or VAT this Autumn' to fill gaping hole in public finances as Cabinet war over spending cuts rages

Rachel Reeves faces having to fill a gap of between £10billion and £30billion in the public finances, with growth slowing and Trump's tariffs hitting global trade.

Economics

1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Starmer's despicable lies, vindictive tax hikes and hammering of the middle classes will bankrupt us all

Official photographs of the Prime Minister distributed by the European Commission to celebrate Surkeir's surrender deal were captioned 'Rodney Starmer'.

Economics

1 week ago Angela Rayner denies leaking memo that ripped into Chancellor Rachel Reeves' controversial budget cuts

It emerged last week that the Deputy Prime Minister sent a secret memo to Rachel Reeves proposing eight tax hikes on savers and higher earners.

Politics

2 w. ago Thousands of Brits with holiday homes in Spain could be impacted by tax hike for non

Spain's Prime Minister has presented a new bill

Politics

2 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The Dunkirk Spirit's been dumped in favour of illegal migrants

I was planning on half-joking that I didn't know whether to file this story under You Couldn't Make It Up or Makes You Proud To Be British. But, frankly, I'm torn between laughing and weeping bitter tears.

Events

2 w. ago Labour's tax hikes plot: Rayner 'secretly pushes for' fresh raids on pensions, inheritance, shares, banks and the wealthy

Leaked proposals from Deputy PM Angela Rayner reveal she has been pushing to increase the burden on Brits instead of trimming spending and benefits.

Economics

2 w. ago Deputy PM Angela Rayner sparks clash with chancellor Rachel Reeves by calling for EIGHT new tax hikes in raid on savers

The changes included reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance, changes to dividend taxes, a raid on a million people who pay additional rate income tax and a higher corporation tax level.

Politics

2 w. ago Deputy PM Angela Rayner sparks clash with chancellor Rachel Reeves by calling for EIGHT new tax hikes in raid on savers

The changes included reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance, changes to dividend taxes, a raid on a million people who pay additional rate income tax and a higher corporation tax level.

Politics