[ Inheritance tax is a tax on paid on the estate – essentially the property, money and possessions – of someone who’s died. The vast majority of the population do not pay inheritance tax at all because it’s only applied to estates over a certain threshold – the most recent statistics show less than 4 per … Read more
[ More than 86,000 appointments in England were cancelled because of last week’s junior doctors strike and a walkout by hospital dental trainees, according to NHS figures. Data released on Wednesday shows 86,329 inpatient and outpatient appointments were rescheduled due to the latest round of walkouts in the pay dispute. The total number is likely … Read more
[ Michael Gove’s planning reforms will deliver fewer homes due to compromises Rishi Sunak made to backbench Tories over housing targets, the author of the Conservative manifesto has warned. The Housing Secretary set out a series of measures on Tuesday to speed up planning approvals, including naming and shaming councils that stand in the way … Read more
[ Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are paying rates that are pushing 10 per cent despite a mortgage rate war that is under way among lenders and the Bank of England pausing its rate hikes this week. The cost of fixed mortgage deals have fallen in recent months, making home loans cheaper for people with … Read more
[ A €50bn package in financial aid for Ukraine from the EU has been vetoed by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban just hours after the bloc agreed to open membership talks with Kyiv. On Thursday European Union leaders took the historic step of agreeing to start accession negotiations with a country at war, bypassing objections … Read more
[ The Rwandan government has no plans to host migrants deported from the UK, regardless of changes made to the deal, claims the leader of an opposition party formed in exile. “There is no intention or capacity in Rwanda to accommodate these people,” Etienne Mutabazi, secretary general of the Rwanda National Congress (RNC), told i. … Read more
