96 m. ago ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus reveals sad update on future of Voyage weeks after revamp

ABBA, which consisted of Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog, are the inspiration behind the concert residency ABBA Voyage in London

Politics

4 h. ago Labour minister hints at tax hikes for middle class – but rules out rises for people on ‘modest incomes’

Transport secretary says ministers have promised not to raise taxes for ‘people on modest incomes’

Politics

7 h. ago Why the super rich are FLEEING Knightsbridge: Elite West London residents reveal their mansions have dropped £1million in value in just 7 years due to Labour tax raids and rampant crime

Residents in one of London 's most exclusive neighbourhoods say their properties are worthless and are fleeing the area due to Labour's tax raids and out of control crime.

Economics

9 h. ago Labour's leader in Wales joins demands for 'wealth tax' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to get a grip on '£30bn' hole in public finances

Baroness Morgan said 'those with the broadest shoulders should carry more of the burden' amid alarm that the Chancellor will have to raise another £30billion at the Budget.

Economics

22 h. ago Wales' Labour First Minister backs Wealth Tax and piles pressure on Keir Starmer

Eluned Morgan said those with the broadest shoulders pay more as ordinary people were desperately struggling with the cost of living

Politics

43 h. ago Welcome to London... Bailiffs tearing down a migrant 'shanty town', a fatal stabbing in Knightsbridge, and the rich fleeing. Another week in our tried, tarnished and dangerous capital

More than 50 bailiffs had arrived to break up the sprawling migrant camp that had taken root over recent months in one of the world's most exclusive postcodes.

Events

57 h. ago Chinese restaurant plan for London tower block gets up noses of local residents

Residents have objected to the new restaurant over fears of “extremely pungent cuisine”

Politics

59 h. ago Rachel Reeves tax grab to leave £4bn 'blackhole in public finances' and huge job losses

A study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found that non-doms who leave the UK instead of taking up Labour's less generous replacement will lead the tax take to be £4.6bn lower over five years.

Economics

59 h. ago Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich to help the poor? | Andy Beckett

There have been modest redistributive reforms, but the party of the workers still daren’t admit that Britain’s rampant inequality needs to be addressedAfter 125 years of practice, Labour ought to be good at saying why resources should be redistributed from the rich to everyone else. Its founding conference in 1900 passed a motion calling for “a distinct Labour group in Parliament”, to collaborate with any party “promoting legislation in the direct interests” of the working class. Creating a more egalitarian society and politics – which by definition means redistribution from the powerful – was Labour’s original purpose.Britain was then, and remains, a highly unequal country: more unequal currently than neighbours such as Ireland, the Netherlands and France. This week the children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza, said that some British children were living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”. But as any expensive but packed restaurant, pavement lined with new Range Rovers or row...

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59 h. ago Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich? | Andy Beckett

There have been modest redistributive reforms, but the party of the workers still daren’t admit that Britain’s rampant inequality needs to be addressedAfter 125 years of practice, Labour ought to be good at saying why resources should be redistributed from the rich to everyone else. Its founding conference in 1900 passed a motion calling for “a distinct Labour group in Parliament”, to collaborate with any party “promoting legislation in the direct interests” of the working class. Creating a more egalitarian society and politics – which by definition means redistribution from the powerful – was Labour’s original purpose.Britain was then, and remains, a highly unequal country: more unequal currently than neighbours such as Ireland, the Netherlands and France. This week the children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza, said that some British children were living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”. But as any expensive but packed restaurant, pavement lined with new Range Rovers or row...

Politics

3 d. ago Ross Greer pledges to take on Scotland's super rich if elected Greens co

Greer launched his leadership campaign in Partick by claiming he would fight to fix a system "rigged" by the wealthiest.

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4 d. ago Labour Left's £120BILLION tax menu: MPs tell Reeves to hike NICs again, target banks and hammer shareholders to fund 'unsustainable' spending splurge

Keir Starmer has urged to raise up to £120billion from Brits by increasing national insurance again, targeting banks and hammering shareholders.

Economics

4 d. ago Senior Care Facility Resident Seriously Injured In Assault, New London Police Say

Senior Care Facility Resident Seriously Injured In Assault, New London Police Say  Patch

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5 d. ago Minister insists ‘those with broadest shoulders should carry greatest burden’ over wealth tax

Labour’s Transport Secretary Hedi Alexander has refused to rule out a wealth tax when pressed on whether it is being considered.

Politics

5 d. ago Pink Floyd guitarist caught in planning row over ‘obtrusive’ garden shed

Residents’ group in north London claims ‘overbearing’ shed more “intrusive” than the original application

Events

5 d. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

5 d. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

5 d. ago Billion Dollar Playground review – drop everything! Your hate

From moaning about the truffle to complaining their towels are too smooth, everyone is absolutely awful in this wild reality show about the super-rich and their minions. Prepare to lap it upWho among us, as the summer months and dreams of sun and cloudless skies begin and the visions of holidays and freedom take on solid form, does not think: where oh where is my hate-watch of the season?Well, fear not, mes chéris – the wait is over! Billion Dollar Playground has arrived and it is a feast for all. Imagine that The White Lotus’s characters were real, but worse, and that none of them – increasingly unbelievably – ended up murdered. One reprobate complains that the bath towels in their luxury beachfront rental in Sydney are “too smooth”. Another derides the chef for putting smoked salmon in her caviar and asks: “Is that the same truffle as yesterday? Then definitely not.” Mo’ canapes, mo’ problems. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Voices: The bottom line? Britain simply can’t afford to impose a wealth tax

As battle lines are drawn within Labour over taxing the super-rich, Chris Blackhurst says that the government must resist Lord Kinnock’s siren call to take a 2 per cent slice of asset values above £10 million – because the country’s economic prosperity depends on it

Economics

6 d. ago Panic over Labour 'wealth tax' to fill £30bn black hole in government finances

The prospect of a charge on the assets of the well-off has been mooted as the Chancellor scrambles to fill a potential £30billion black hole in the public finances.

Economics