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Andy Burnham has been blasted over plans to send HMRC agents into the homes of Britons to assess their value and whether they are liable for mansion tax. Speaking to GB News, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat declared the move “un-British” and another example of “nanny state” from the Labour Government.The Prime Minister is set to send HMRC valuation agents into homes to assess whether they are worth over £2million pounds and therefore liable for the “mansion tax” levy.If homeowners refuse an inspection by HMRC, they can be fined up to £200.Discussing the move on GB News, Mr Tugendhat criticised the…
The relationship between Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and fellow St Andrews graduate Felix da Silva-Clamp has now moved firmly into the open.This week, the couple attended a performance of Inala, a Zulu ballet, at the Edinburgh International Festival alongside the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. Mr Silva-Clamp, dressed smartly in a suit jacket and shirt, was photographed chatting confidently with cast members.An unnamed royal commentator told the Telegraph: “You can hardly imagine Louise or her boyfriend falling out of nightclubs like her older cousins.”The relationship between Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and fellow St Andrews graduate Felix da Silva-Clamp has now moved firmly…
State pension payments must be means-tested and the retirement age raised to 70 to ensure payments are “fit for the future”, according to a leading think tank.The Intergenerational Foundation is calling for fundamental reform to the state pension as the Government carries out a review into the status quo.The Pensions Commission’s interim report has laid bare the scale of Britain’s retirement savings crisis, revealing that roughly 15 million working-age individuals, representing 43 per cent of the total, are on track to fall short of adequate income in later life.This commission, which is due to deliver its final recommendations in 2027,…
Greg James is looking ahead to a quieter spell after enduring what he described as a gruelling twelve months of personal hardship. The 40-year-old presenter and his wife, author Bella Mackie, 43, embarked on what they called a “grief trip” following the loss of their chocolate Labrador Barney, who had to be put down earlier this month.The couple’s cross-country journey took them through Lancashire and onwards to the Lake District, as they sought to come to terms with Barney’s death alongside the ongoing health struggles of James’s father, Alan Milward, who suffered a stroke and underwent heart operations this year.Sharing…
A popular American car brand is reconsidering its decision to relaunch in the UK, according to fresh reports.General Motors has placed its plan to relaunch Cadillac in the UK under review due to uncertain market conditions.Autocar has reported that General Motors is assessing whether to press ahead with a wider launch in the UK after stating last year that the brand would return “soon”.CEO of GM Europe Pere Brugal said Cadillac would re-enter the UK market with the Lyriq, adding that a launch was “coming soon”.Despite this, the company has yet to announce when it will fully launch in the…
On Saturday, PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades, 37, died when a Volkswagen Passat, which officers had been pursuing until seconds before, collided with their marked armed response car on the A66 near Middlesbrough.All five of the Passat’s occupants – Saddington, Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Theo Rae, 17, and Cole Robert Worthy, 17 – also died.A video posted on the TikTok account believed to belong to Saddington in March 2025 showed him and four other young people involved in what appears to be a police pursuit. The video has since been deleted. Verify analysed the…
Feyenoord’s general manager Robert Eenhoorn said he “cannot be happy” with their 5-2 victory in Leeuwarden, adding “frustration prevails too much for that”.”This problem obviously does not only affect Feyenoord and is unfortunately something we have been unable to put a stop to for decades,” Eenhoorn said. “We will therefore have to sit down again with all stakeholders, clubs, the KNVB [Dutch football association], and the authorities to look for a solution together.”Leeuwarden mayor Foort van Oosten also condemned the incident and promised an investigation, while the Dutch football association said it would revisit its protocols for incidents of disorder.The…
The mum of a teenager with cerebral palsy who passed his GCSEs by using eye-tracking technology has said she is “super proud” of his achievement.Patrick McCabe, 16, from Cheshire, took seven GCSE exams between February and June and got the grades he needed to go on to sixth form and study A-levels. His mum Jo praised his “patience and willpower”, adding the exams were difficult enough to do, but “having to do them with his eyes is an even bigger challenge”.Patrick said when he opened his results he “thought they mixed me up with someone else”, but after double checking…
One of the teenagers who was in the VW Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 and collided with a police car was awaiting trial on charges of racially abusing and assaulting officers.Makai Saddington, 18, was one of the five people in the vehicle going against the flow of traffic on the A66 in South Bank in Middlesbrough and collided with a police car. The crash resulted in the death of PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades, 37, as well as the other four people in the VW.Saddington, of no fixed address, was accused of assaulting a…
“And I’m just going to put my track record out there, I’ve built thousands of homes. How many has Angela built? She bought a council house, she made a lot of profit, so there’s a massive difference. “This is workable, it’s doable, and I’ve shown how it’s fundable and it’s set out in the document. And I think this is of a scale and ambition that we haven’t seen for many, many years. So in terms of serious, I’m deadly serious.”WATCH ABOVE.Keep reading…Show less`; placeholder.classList.add(‘taboola-added’); console.log(‘inserting taboola in infinite feed position’, placeholder); placeholder.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, taboola); } else { const loadContent =…