2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1450+ words) In the first of a series of reports from the ground in Ukraine, I am examining a disturbing new phase in Russia’s war: the growing use of drones and other stand-off weapons to make Ukrainian cities progressively harder to live…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (620+ words) Plans to align the UK’s Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax rates would represent a fundamental shift in the tax system and could discourage investment, according to Sean Drury, head of tax at Blick Rothenberg. Speculation over aligning the two…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (578+ words) NATO allies disrupted a covert Russian naval operation in Arctic waters after detecting submarines training to deploy a new weapon designed to damage critical undersea cables, according to two Western officials familiar with the operation. Russia’s Main Directorate of Deep-Sea…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (674+ words) There are few adrenaline rushes quite like succeeding in business. Just how many feel when they play online slots, to make dreams come true and bring your vision into reality can be exhilarating. That has been the case for Jack…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1616+ words) The popular image of online dating is still surprisingly narrow. It usually involves a twenty-something Londoner swiping through profiles on the Tube, arranging drinks in Shoreditch and deleting the app two weeks later out of exhaustion. That user certainly exists....

5+ day, 30+ min ago   (665+ words) Britain’s night-time economy has welcomed Chancellor John Healey’s emphasis on growth and wealth creation but warned that further tax increases could accelerate business closures across an already struggling sector. The intervention follows Mr Healey’s first major economic speech, in which…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (634+ words) Chris Rokos, one of Britain’s largest individual taxpayers, is reportedly preparing to leave the UK for Greece, as businesses and wealthy individuals await the government’s October Budget amid speculation of further tax increases. Rokos, the billionaire founder of hedge fund…...

5+ day, 19+ min ago   (727+ words) Migrants are being granted asylum in Britain despite not being entitled to protection because of catastrophic failures inside the Home Office, a damning United Nations audit has found. In an extraordinary intervention, the UN’s refugee agency warned that Britain’s broken…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (890+ words) Households could be owed hundreds or even thousands of pounds in overpaid tax, with married couples, workers and people accessing their pensions among those being encouraged to check. From an overlooked marriage tax break to emergency tax applied to pension…...

6+ day, 57+ min ago   (1073+ words) Britain risks deepening its economic malaise by raising taxes again, a former adviser to three US presidents has warned, as pressure mounts on Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey ahead of next month’s Budget. Arthur Laffer, the influential American economist…...