Rachel Reeves to hammer families in Budget by ‘cutting inheritance tax and stamp duty relief’ while upping fuel duty to help fill Treasury coffers (and vaping will cost more too)_Nhy
Middle class families appear to be facing a Budget pummelling from Rachel Reeves as she looks to end tax breaks in a scramble for cash. The Chancellor will reportedly end a temporary increase to the stamp duty threshold, landing buyers with a…
Entire nursery classes will be hit by Labour VAT raid on private schools – despite pledge to exempt them from planned tax_Nhy
Entire nursery classes will be drawn into Labour‘s VAT raid on independent schools, HMRC documents have confirmed. The tax will apply to private schools that keep five-year-olds back a year because of developmental issues. The documents show VAT applies to all private school classes containing…
Elon Musk joins Republican ‘outrage’ as UK’s Labour Party sends 100 staff to help Dems win in swing states_Nhy
Elon Musk has joined Republicans in their outrage after the UK’s Labour Party is set to send 100 staff to help Democrats in swing states. Activists from Keir Starmer‘s party will spend the next fortnight canvassing for Kamala Harris in four key states ahead of the November 5 election….
Chancellor set to raise fuel duty by 7p a litre after a 14-year freeze – adding £3.85 to the cost of filling an average family car_Nhy
Fuel duty is set to rise by up to 7p a litre as Rachel Reeves scrambles for cash in this month’s Budget. Whitehall sources say the Chancellor will not renew a ‘temporary’ 5p cut in fuel duty, which is due to end…
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour’s cynicism returns to haunt it_Nhy
The embarrassing mess Rachel Reeves finds herself in over the forthcoming Budget is a direct consequence of Labour’s dishonesty during the election campaign. She and Sir Keir Starmer insisted their commitments were fully costed and that it would be possible to boost public spending…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China tomorrow as Tories demand he takes a tough line on Taiwan, human rights abuses and spying_Nhy
David Lammy will make his first visit China tomorrow as Tories demand he takes a tough line. The Foreign Secretary is due in Beijing for two days with the government committing to challenge the regime on human rights violations and the tensions over Taiwan. Keir Starmer has outlined the…
Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were held by Tory government could be given permission to remain by Labour_Nhy
Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were placed on hold by the Tories could be granted permission to stay in Britain under Labour. A report by the Refugee Council predicts a significant increase in granted claims thanks to changes brought in by…
Tory leadership battle heats up as Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick go head to head in first TV debate TODAY on GB News… but live BBC clash ‘won’t happen after party tried to charge for tickets’_Nhy
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will square off in the first live TV debate of the Tory leadership campaign tonight. In a face-to-face that may have party officials watching through their fingers the two challengers will appear live together on GB News this evening. Televised debates during…
Businesses, motorists and pension savers brace for Budget bombshell amid fears Rachel Reeves is plotting biggest EVER tax-raising package_Nhy
Businesses, motorists and pension savers are braced for pain today amid fears Rachel Reeves could deliver one of the biggest ever tax-raising Budgets in a fortnight. The Chancellor is preparing to unveil an eye-watering £40billion of tax hikes and spending cuts on…
Rachel Reeves could hammer Brits with biggest tax-raising Budget EVER: Chancellor’s ‘£40bn’ package hitting NICs, CGT and inheritance tax might top Rishi Sunak’s 2021 misery and Lamont’s 1993 mega-raid_Nhy
Rachel Reeves could hammer Brits with one of the biggest tax-raising Budgets ever in a fortnight. The Chancellor is preparing to unveil an eye-watering £40billion of tax hikes and spending cuts on October 30. Tax is likely to make up the…