10 h. ago Court order is stopping 'three pads' Rayner from revealing more about house deals, says Downing Street

The Deputy Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to 'come clean' after claims she avoided £40,000 in stamp duty when she purchased a luxury £800,000 apartment in East Sussex.

Economics

20 h. ago PM backs Angela Rayner as deputy faces growing pressure over property portfolio

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

Events

23 h. ago Angela Rayner faces growing pressure over her property portfolio as questions mount

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

Events

25 h. ago House prices fall in August as Budget property tax rumours risk sending them lower

The typical home fell in value last month by £1,585, according to the latest figures from Nationwide.

Economics

26 h. ago Scots householders with driveways warned they may need to pay £1,000

An expert has shared advice regarding UK driveway rules.

Events

28 h. ago English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families

Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlordsCouncils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public money”.Data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via freedom of information requests showed that 37 councils spent more than £31m on one-off cash payments to private landlords on 10,792 occasions in 2024-25. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rayner row reveals Labour's rotten heart

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rayner saved £40,000 of stamp duty by removing her name from the deeds of her constituency house in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Politics

3 d. ago Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

Economics

3 d. ago Phil Spencer: catastrophic rumoured tax reforms would hit ordinary Londoners

Rumours that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering property tax reforms that include scrapping stamp duty, a tax on home sales over £500,000 and collecting capital gains tax (CGT) on homes over £1.5 million when they sell are likely to slow the housing market according to Zoopla.

Events

3 d. ago Angela Rayner 'dodged £40,000 stamp duty payment when buying Hove flat'

The Deputy Prime Minister is believed to have avoided extra stamp duty when she removed her name from the deeds of her property in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency

Economics

4 d. ago Angela Rayner 'is a hypocrite and a freeloader': Tories blast Deputy PM after it emerges she 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have told tax authorities that her £800,000 seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex, was her main place of residence.

Economics

4 d. ago Angela Rayner house row deepens as it emerges deputy PM 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

Angela Rayner reportedly took her name off the deeds of her Greater Manchester property only weeks before purchasing an £800,000 coastal flat, the Telegraph has claimed.

Economics

6 d. ago Broadband expert shares simple ways to cut streaming subscription costs before next month

Almost 70 per cent of UK households pay for at least one streaming service.

Politics

6 d. ago Woman handed suspended sentence and ordered to pay over £6k for submitting false council housing application

Amira Issa, 41, who lives in Southwark, was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for 12 months

Economics

1 week ago We're about to move house and pay £93,000 stamp duty: Should we pull out on rumours tax could be axed?

We're due to exchange on 30 September - so it was extremely stressful to read about a potential overhaul of stamp duty rules in the Autumn Budget in October.

Economics

1 week ago The tiny sign shoppers should check for on supermarket eggs to avoid salmonella

Eggs are a staple in UK households but you should pay close attention to their origin

Economics

1 week ago Make no mistake, what's unfolding is spiteful class warfare on steroids: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Another day, another rumour emerges of an egregious attack on Middle England by this tax-grabbing Government. It's enough to reduce grown men and women, the prudent and thrifty to tears.

Events

1 week ago An end to stamp duty? What the rumoured new property tax could mean for London home movers

First-time buyers may welcome an end to stamp duty tax, but experts warn that Londoners will feel they are ‘footing the bill’ for reforms

Society

2 w. ago BBC spends £61,000 on 10,000 pin badges, 7,000 mugs and 6,000 lanyards for its 'Call It Out' campaign

The BBC has spent £61,000 on office accessories to encourage staff to call out bad behavior in the wake of recent scandals.

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves is coming after your inheritance, this is what you should do NOW to protect yourself, writes SIMON LAMBERT

Inheritance tax pollutes people's views on the tax system's fairness but Rachel Reeves is rumoured to be mulling plans to useit to wind up taxpayers even more

Politics