Chancellor rejects calls for new levy on super-rich whilst facing £50bn budget shortfall Rachel Reeves has firmly rejected demands for a wealth tax on Britain’s super-rich, dismissing the proposed levy …
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Lloyds Banking Group Set to Acquire Digital Wallet Firm Curve for £120m This Week
by James CarterBritain’s biggest high street lender Lloyds Banking Group is closing in on a deal to buy digital wallet technology provider Curve for approximately £120 million, with an announcement expected as …
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Yvette Cooper Named Foreign Secretary as Shabana Mahmood Takes Home Office in Major Starmer Cabinet Reshuffle
by Darren SmithSir Keir Starmer has announced a major cabinet reshuffle with Yvette Cooper moving from the Home Office to become Foreign Secretary whilst Shabana Mahmood takes over as Home Secretary, Sky …
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Investment Minister Baroness Gustafsson Set to Quit After Less Than a Year as Starmer’s Cabinet Crisis Deepens
by James CarterSir Keir Starmer’s government faces unprecedented turmoil as Investment Minister Baroness Poppy Gustafsson prepares to resign less than a year into her role, dealing a fresh blow to the Prime …
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Angela Rayner’s £800,000 Hove Flat Vandalised with ‘Tax Evader’ and ‘B***h’ Graffiti as Starmer Condemns Attack
by Tara WhitmanVandals have targeted Angela Rayner’s £800,000 seaside flat in Hove with graffiti calling the Deputy Prime Minister a “tax evader” and “b***h” following her admission that she underpaid stamp duty …
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Angela Rayner Used £160,000 from Disabled Son’s NHS Compensation Trust to Buy Seaside Flat at Centre of Tax Scandal
by James CarterDeputy Prime Minister sold share of family home to trust established after 11-year legal battle with NHS over son’s birth injuries, then used proceeds for £800,000 Hove property whilst underpaying …
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Badenoch Tells Starmer to ‘Get a Backbone’ and Sack Rayner Over Stamp Duty Row at Fiery PMQs
by Tara WhitmanSir Keir Starmer has been told he lacks “a backbone” for refusing to sack Angela Rayner over her admission that she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 Hove flat, in …
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Angela Rayner Admits Underpaying £40,000 Stamp Duty on £800,000 Hove Flat as PM Backs Deputy in ‘Distressing’ Family Crisis
by James CarterAngela Rayner has admitted she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat in Hove and referred herself to the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser, as Sir Keir Starmer vowed to …
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Musk Slams Starmer Over £300,000 Suffolk Homes Given to Migrants as Channel Crossings Hit Record High
by Darren SmithElon Musk has launched his latest attack on Sir Keir Starmer after new-build houses worth £300,000 in Suffolk were allocated to migrant families, sparking fury among locals struggling to get …
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Tories Demand Sleaze Probe Into Angela Rayner’s £40,000 Stamp Duty Arrangement on Hove Property
by Darren SmithAngela Rayner faces an ethics investigation tonight after the Conservatives formally accused the Deputy Prime Minister of “hypocritical tax avoidance” over her controversial purchase of an £800,000 seaside flat in …