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Families across Britain are increasingly using Junior ISAs to pass money on while reducing the amount of tax they may have to pay.New figures obtained from HMRC through a Freedom of Information request show that 78,330 children had the full £9,000 annual allowance paid into their Junior ISA accounts during the 2023–24 tax year.This figure represents the highest level of maximum contributions recorded since before the coronavirus pandemic struck, when 80,060 accounts were fully subscribed in 2019-20.The latest statistics mark a nine per cent jump compared with the 71,910 accounts that received the maximum contribution in 2022-23.Over a longer timeframe,…

A campaign to preserve Freeview terrestrial television has garnered more than 100,000 signatures on Change.org, reflecting widespread public concern about the service’s future.The petition, backed by Silver Voices, the Digital Poverty Alliance and Broadcast 2040+, comes as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport under the Labour Government weighs proposals from the BBC to discontinue digital terrestrial television by 2034.Such a move would require every household in Britain to obtain a high-speed broadband subscription to watch BBC programming. Campaign groups contend that eliminating the free-to-air service would widen existing inequalities and hit vulnerable populations hardest.Former ITN chairman Christy Swords…

Shrewsbury Town have signed defender Kevin Berkoe from Salford City for an undisclosed fee.He is the club’s first signing since the appointment of new boss Gavin Cowan and could make his debut at Colchester United on Saturday.Berkoe spent four years with Salford, during which he also had loan spells at Altrincham, Maidstone, Woking and Rochdale, and can play on both sides of the defence.”The timing of the window closing means we are not in a position to make a flurry of signings, but we felt it was important to invest in the group and add the balance that is required,”…

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves in a club-record deal worth up to £48m.Strand Larsen, 25, has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal at Selhurst Park and will wear the number 22 shirt. The FA Cup holders have also agreed a deal to sign Dwight McNeil on loan from Everton.Palace have submitted a deal sheet to the Premier League to try to complete the transfer – which would included an obligation to sign the forward for £20m at the end of the season.Meanwhile, Jean-Philippe Mateta’s move to AC Milan has been called off because of issues…

Zia Yusuf has called on Sir Keir Starmer to resign after the latest Epstein files revealed the ex-Cabinet Minister allegedly received $75,000 (£55,000) from the convicted paedophile and has been reported to the police.The Reform bigwig declared the story to be “one of the most extraordinary political stories” of his lifetime, apart from the “egregious and heinous criminal acts that Jeffrey Epstein committed himself”. On Sunday night, the ex-UK Ambassador to the US ousted himself from the Labour Party to avoid causing “further embarrassment” following further revelations about his friendship with the sex offender.Today, Sir Keir Starmer said he believes…

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Reform UK councillors running Kent County Council have acknowledged that their flagship efficiency review failed to uncover significant waste, undermining repeated claims by senior party figures that local authorities are riddled with mismanagement and excess spending.The admission follows a nine-month review led by Reform councillors after the party took control of the authority, having pledged to expose widespread waste and inefficiency in council finances.The findings represent an embarrassment for the party, whose national leadership has repeatedly argued that dramatic savings could be achieved through an overhaul of local government spending.Paul Chamberlain, a cabinet member responsible for the council’s so-called Department…

Janet Street Porter has revealed that she has secretly married her long-term partner, making this her fifth husband, surprising fellow Loose Women panellists and viewers alike with the announcement on Monday’s programme.The 79-year-old broadcaster shared the news through a video message during the ITV show, confirming she married long-term partner Peter Spanton in Great Yarmouth last Saturday.Mr Spanton, a 70-year-old former restaurateur and entrepreneur, has been in a relationship with Street-Porter since 1999, though the couple have largely kept their romance private over the years.The pair appeared together in the video clip alongside their dog Badger to share their happy…

In his statement on Monday, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has declared his shock at the latest revelations and has called for a wide-ranging, intensive Whitehall inquiry into the disclosure of government documents – and for its findings to be made public.

Al-Nassr are among Saudi Arabia’s ‘big four’ which also includes Al-Hilal, Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad – all of whom have invested heavily since PIF’s takeover in 2023. Saudi clubs spent about £700m during the 2023 summer, with Neymar joining Al-Hilal for £77.6m in the standout move. Al-Hilal also signed Aleksandar Mitrovic and Neves from Fulham and Wolves, while Al-Nassr added Manchester United’s Alex Telles, Manchester City’s Aymeric Laporte, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane and Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic. Al-Ahli snapped up Mahrez (Manchester City), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) and Firmino (Liverpool), while Al-Ittihad acquired N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Fabinho (Liverpool) and Jota (Celtic) among…