5 h. ago Warning for higher rate taxpayers with more than £14,500 in savings

The number of higher rate tax payers is set to balloon to more than 7million - and they must pay tax on savings interest over £500.

Economics

10 h. ago Warning for higher rate taxpayers with more than £14,500 saved

The number of higher rate tax payers is set to balloon to more than 7million - and they must pay tax on savings interest over £500.

Economics

9 d. ago Savers warned ‘loyalty does not pay’ as Bank of England base rate held at 4.25%

Average savings rates have been on a downward path in recent weeks, but some providers have unveiled new products.

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9 d. ago Time is running out to curb climate change: Window to avoid 1.5°C of warming will close in just 3 YEARS if CO2 emissions continue at current rate, scientists warn

Time is running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned in a major new report. With the remaining carbon budget only expected to last three years.

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9 d. ago Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human sufferingThe planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.Breaching the target would ramp up the extreme weather already devastating communities around the world. It would also require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere in future to restore the stable climate in which the whole of civilisation developed over the past 10,000 years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Council tax bills set to rise at fastest rate for two decades, economist warns

Rachel Reeves said that ministers will not be ‘going above’ the 5% annual increases in council tax.

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3 w. ago Bank of England chief warns interest rate cuts now 'more uncertain' as OECD downgrades growth forecasts and says inflation will 'linger'

Andrew Bailey said the prospects for easing the burden on Brits was 'shrouded in a lot more uncertainty', largely due to Donald Trump 's trade war.

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3 w. ago Revealed: Sir Lindsay Hoyle splurged nearly £5,500 of taxpayers' cash on private planes during a Caribbean tour to paradise islands

Sir Lindsay Hoyle splurged nearly £5,500 on private planes during a Caribbean tour, it can be revealed.

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