Farmers who have their entire cropping land submerged underwater have found they are ineligible for a government flooding hardship fund – because their farms are…
View More Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from riverTag: Politics
Cost of UK passports to rise for second time in 14 months to up to £100
The cost of a new or renewed UK passport is going up again for the second time in 14 months – rising by 7% to…
View More Cost of UK passports to rise for second time in 14 months to up to £100Labour plans £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close non-dom spending gap
Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed…
View More Labour plans £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close non-dom spending gap‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?
Battersea power station offered no prospect of luxury living when Tony Belton became a local councillor in 1971. The coal-fired behemoth was nearing closure after…
View More ‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer. Delays to…
View More British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit strugglesHow council taxes and the budget are pushing owners to de-list second homes in England and Wales
In the first Covid-19 lockdown, Selaine Saxby noticed how empty her village had become. “I live on a close of 30 homes of which only…
View More How council taxes and the budget are pushing owners to de-list second homes in England and WalesOutrage as residents in England’s ‘affordable’ housing forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in service charge
Some of the UK’s largest housing providers have dramatically increased annual service charges by thousands of pounds, plunging residents into financial crisis, an Observer investigation…
View More Outrage as residents in England’s ‘affordable’ housing forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in service chargeSunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords
Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove have been accused of caving in to Tory MPs lobbying in favour of landlords’ interests after it emerged that significant…
View More Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlordsMinimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’
The minimum wage has driven up the pay of millions of Britain’s lowest earners by £6,000 a year, making it the single most successful economic…
View More Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling
Thousands of women, potentially hundreds of thousands, are owed compensation because of government failings related to the way changes to the state pension age were…
View More Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling