Asylum seekers are using taxpayer handouts to fund their gambling habits: More than 6,000 migrants used government-issued cards loaded with £50 a week at betting shops and casinos in past year
Asylum seekers are using taxpayer handouts to fund their gambling habits. Pre-paid cards given out to pay for basics including food and clothing are being used in gambling venues such as bookmakers, amusement arcades and even casinos, Home Office data shows. In…
Labour’s tax raids on wealthy ‘already backfiring’ as Reeves prepares to come back for more: CGT revenue drops as Goldman Sachs boss warns London’s status as global financial hub is at risk
Labour has been warned that tax raids on the wealthy are already ‘backfiring’ amid signs that Rachel Reeves is preparing to come back for more. Analysts have pointed to figures showing capital gains tax receipts dipping in the first half of the…
Two City traders who were jailed for rigging interest rates have their convictions quashed at the Supreme Court
Two financial market traders who were jailed for manipulating benchmark interest rates had their convictions quashed at the Supreme Court today. Former Citigroup and UBS trader Tom Hayes was found guilty of multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud over manipulating the London Inter-Bank Offered…
The Channel migrant smugglers named and shamed: Albanian crime bosses, money launderers and an ex police translator are among 24 criminals sanctioned by government in small boat crackdown
An Albanian crime boss, a hawala banker and a former police translator are among 24 people smugglers hit with sanctions in the Government’s latest small boat crackdown. A Chinese company advertising ‘refugee boats’ has also been included on a list…
Wes Streeting accuses British Medical Association of showing ‘complete disdain for patients’ as union abandons peace talks and vows to plough on with five day doctors strike
Resident doctors have vowed to plough on with their five-day strike after abandoning peace talks with Wes Streeting. The health secretary tonight accused the British Medical Association of showing ‘complete disdain for patients’ and described their walkout as ‘unjustified’. Health leaders were…
Reeves admits there is no ‘ceiling’ on the tax burden as government borrowing hits new record outside Covid in June – with £16bn spent on debt interest alone
Rachel Reeves dodged on whether the tax burden could go even higher today – as government borrowing hit a new record for June outside of Covid. Challenged on whether taxes at 38 per cent of GDP represented a ‘ceiling’, the Chancellor stressed…
Angela Rayner ordered two beds costing £7k for her grace-and-favour Government flat
Angela Rayner ordered two beds costing nearly £7,000 for her grace-and-favour Government flat, it emerged yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister bought them in January, and they were installed on Valentine’s Day. Ms Rayner lives in Winston Churchill’s old Westminster home, Admiralty…
JASON GROVES analysis: Will Cleverly’s return help Kemi take the fight to Labour?
James Cleverly‘s return to the Tory frontbench is designed to send out a reassuring signal to the dwindling party faithful that all is well, despite appearances to the contrary. The former home and foreign secretary is seen at Westminster as a genuine…
‘Double tax hit’ on inherited pensions confirmed as Labour disregards expert warnings
Bereaved families rather than pension firms will be responsible for working out and paying inheritance tax on retirement pots from 2027, the Government has announced. It disregarded experts’ warnings and confirmed plans to go ahead with a ‘double tax hit’ on inherited…
Keir Starmer torn apart over welfare cuts in huge grilling by MPs: ‘I felt ashamed!’
Sir Keir Starmer came under fire over benefit cuts as he faced a grilling from MPs today. The Prime Minister was challenged by Labour MP Debbie Abrahams as he took questions from a cross-party group of MPs on the Liaison Committee. Ms…