7 h. ago STEPHEN POLLARD: Labour's created an atmosphere where the hard working middle class are now fair game for bigotry

That an eight-year-old can be refused healthcare on the NHS because of the school he attends is deeply troubling.

Economics

52 h. ago I love the graffiti I see in Paris – but tagging is just visual manspreading | Alexander Hurst

Call me a middle-class ‘bobo’, but inspired street art has nothing in common with sprayed-on assertions of ‘me, me, me’Among the layers of life in Paris that energise me, I might list: peeling back the city’s music scene all the way to figuring out where, and when, the musicians go to jam together; the unassuming flair of even a basic brasserie; the way one can pivot, in the span of a week, from an art gallery opening to a friend’s concert to another friend’s restaurant to discover his Corsican-influenced menu, and end it by lingering on a terrace, “remaking the world” with others who challenge you – calmly – to see something a different way.Among the things about this city that exhaust me are the people who cram their way into the Métro without letting you step out first (seriously, what neurons are misfiring in the heads of these people?), and the sheer prevalence of tags. It’s when you leave Paris for a bit and come back that you realise how many tags there are. How swaths of a c...

Politics

4 d. ago Max Johnston looking beyond Scotland friendlies as dad Allan finally gets payback

Johnston wore his old man's dark blue strip to the Euros so thought it only fair that he donated his debut tshirt from Greece game

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9 d. ago Liverpool parade driver is charged over 'horrific' carnage that left 79 football fans injured: Middle

A middle-class company director, Paul Doyle is married with three teenage children and lives in a smart £300,000, four-bedroomed detached property on a neat estate.

Sport

1 week ago America's worst neighbor revealed in nauseating photos that will strike fear into the heart of suburbia

A desperate neighbor told the Daily Mail that the festering site should be burned to the ground, as she warned of the horrors haunting this quiet middle class suburb.

Culture

1 week ago Premier League reaches final day, Postecoglou future still unclear – matchday live

Arsenal’s WCL glory | Sunderland up | Dons win CupLive scores | Fixtures | Tables | And get in touch“Every team from Newcastle in fourth down to Crystal Palace in 12th have had games they will remember fondly and would be more than worthy English representatives in European competition next season.”Jonathan Wilson on the Premier League’s burgeoning middle class: Continue reading...

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1 week ago Premier League reaches final day; Real Madrid appoint Xabi Alonso – matchday live

Arsenal’s WCL glory | Sunderland up | Dons win CupLive scores | Fixtures | Tables | And get in touch“Every team from Newcastle in fourth down to Crystal Palace in 12th have had games they will remember fondly and would be more than worthy English representatives in European competition next season.”Jonathan Wilson on the Premier League’s burgeoning middle class: Continue reading...

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1 week ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Rachel Reeves' Isa guessing game is proof that Labour despises middle

My mailbag has been swamped with letters from angry readers urging the Chancellor to back-track on Isa changes.

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2 w. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Proof that Labour despises Britain's middle

My mailbag has been swamped with letters from angry readers urging the Chancellor to back-track on Isa changes.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I’d never date a Tory’ – but apparently, Reform voters are fair game

‘I’d never date a Tory’ is a familiar line on dating apps, but new research shows younger singles are surprisingly more open to Reform UK voters than Conservatives

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2 w. ago Voices: What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

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2 w. ago What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

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2 w. ago Labour child benefits civil war as Angela Rayner 'demands middle class parents who earn £60,000 a year lose payout' while Starmer 'clashes with chief aide' over handouts for big families

Angela Rayner suggested the Chancellor should 'claw back' the handouts from families where one adult earns over £50,000 a year.

Society

2 w. ago Angela Rayner 'urges Rachel Reeves to strip child benefits for middle

The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to 'claw back' the benefit from families where the top earner's annual salary was somewhere between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported.

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2 w. ago 'How can they afford to go private?' Critics question why Peppa Pig's 'middle class' family welcomed new arrival Evie in £5,900

Named after Mummy Pig's aunt Evie, the piglet was delivered at the Lindo Wing in London - the same location where Kate Middleton gave birth to all three of her children.

Economics

2 w. ago Middle class mom hires bodyguard for court appearance after she was filmed committing obscene road rage act

Christina Solometo, 44, appeared at Prospect Park District Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing into the wild offense that was caught on camera last month.

Events

2 w. ago Lilo & Stitch review – Disney’s latest unnecessary remake is a monstrosity

The studio’s new attempt to generate more money from the same property hits an instant roadblock in ghastly misfireThis year, Disney may have gone too far, turning perhaps its single greatest animated film into a heavily CG-augmented quasi-live-action monstrosity. No, not the already-infamous box office bomb Snow White; the animated basis for that movie is a monumental achievement in the medium, but it’s ultimately a famous version of a timeless fairy tale that seems fair game for reinterpretation. Lilo & Stitch, however, is the rare sui generis piece of Disney animation – one that somehow emerged during a tumultuous time for the animation studio to become a substantial hit back in 2002.The film has endured because it’s a triumph of mixing techniques: old-fashioned ultra-expressive hand-drawn animation and watercolor backgrounds; dashes of newfangled computer animation to assist with some of its sci-fi-heavier scenes; and a story about a stranded alien befriending a misfit littl...

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2 w. ago Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP

Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.

Politics

2 w. ago We lost the spark in our marriage and THIS is how we rekindled it... don't make our mistake: The deadly truth behind the x

Like many parents in their early 40s, Harry and Bella Thomson leapt at the chance to enjoy a long weekend away without their children at the end of last year.

Events

2 w. ago Could you fall into the pension inheritance tax trap? We reveal how four families could face huge bills

We reveal in four examples how families could be saddled with massive inheritance tax bills by 2030 thanks to the looming raid on pensions.

Economics