44 h. ago Voices: ‘It was inevitable’: Drivers react to reports of pay

Our community is divided over Rachel Reeves’s proposed 3p-per-mile EV tax. While some called it a fair replacement for lost fuel duty, others warned it could risk slowing the transition to electric vehicles

Politics

69 h. ago Government issues statement over reports UK drivers face new 'pay per mile' tax

Reports suggest the chancellor will announce a new tax on EV drivers as she looks to address a dip in fuel duty revenue

Politics

3 d. ago Reeves accused of treating drivers ‘like a cash machine’ amid reports of pay

The Treasury is facing a fall in revenue from fuel duty as more people make the switch from petrol and diesel to electric cars

Economics

1 week ago Trump’s ‘absurd’ DoJ compensation bid would be rejected if he were anyone else, experts say

President’s effort to win $230m in damages from Mar-a-Lago and Russia investigations criticized as ‘frivolous’Donald Trump’s effort to get his justice department to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars is based on specious legal claims that would likely be rejected if he were any other American, according to a legal expert and a former Department of Justice official who handled damages claims against the government.Trump has asked the justice department to pay him $230m in damages, the New York Times reported last week. The amount is the total of two separate claims in which Trump argues he is entitled to compensation because of investigations into the links between Russia and his 2016 campaign as well as the 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and subsequent criminal prosecution. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump says he has final say on paying himself $230m for past investigations

President says government owes him ‘a lot of money’ for federal investigations during and after first termDonald Trump declared himself the arbiter of whether or not his own administration should pay him damages over past federal investigations, telling reporters that any such decision “would have to go across my desk”.The president insisted on Tuesday that the government owes him “a lot of money” for previous justice department investigations into his conduct, while at the same time asserting his personal authority over any potential payout. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Four million people forced into debt to pay for heating and food, new report finds

Around 860,000 children are living in households who can’t afford the essentials

Economics

3 w. ago Top UN judge criticises Lenny Henry for using his report to claim Britain should pay £18trillion in slavery reparations

Comedian Sir Lenny Henry has argued in his new book that all black Britons should be paid reparations and suggested a 'Robin Hood tax' on financial transactions to fund it.

Economics

4 w. ago Starmer heading to world leaders summit to mark Gaza peace plan

The Prime Minister will pay ‘particular tribute’ to Donald Trump, who is reportedly attending the gathering on a wider visit to the Middle East.

Politics

4 w. ago Coronation Street legend Philip Middlemiss 'declared bankrupt a second time over tax bill'

Former Coronation Street actor Philip Middlemiss - famous for playing Des Barnes in the ITV soap - has reportedly been declared bankrupt after being unable to pay taxes

Economics