General Election 2015: Labour’s non-dom tax change would hit some of UK’s biggest banks April 12, 2015 Labour's pledge to scrap non-dom tax status would affect top employees at some of London’s leading banks, including RBS, Lloyds and Barclays. Under the non-domicile rule, those with a permanent home abroad currently do not have to pay UK tax on overseas earnings. Only their UK income is taxed, although they have to pay £30,000 [...]
General Election 2015: Conservatives gain lead over Labour while Ukip support falls to lowest in two years April 12, 2015 The Conservative Party has gained a two-point lead over Labour in the run-up to the General Election, according to the latest opinion poll data from Opinium. With 36 per cent support revealed by a survey of 1,916 adults aged 18 or over in the UK, the Tories have edged into first place in the race. [...]
General Election 2015: Six things you should know about the Conservatives’ inheritance tax cut April 12, 2015 If the Conservatives win next month's General Election, party leader David Cameron says he will cut inheritance tax on homes up to £1m in value. The proposal is being announced today, ahead of the launch of the party's manifesto next week. "We will take the family home out of inheritance tax,” Cameron is expected [...]
Do aliens exist? The first traces of extraterrestrial life will be found within 10 years, says top Nasa scientist April 8, 2015 Aliens will be discovered within 10 years, and this is no joke – it is an actual prediction made by a real (and important) scientist at Nasa, the US space agency pouring its life and soul into hunting down extraterrestrial life. "I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a [...]
NHS letter “orchestrated by Labour”, say Tories April 8, 2015 The Conservative Party has accused Labour of "orchestrating" a letter claiming the government has dealt a serious blow to the NHS. However, speaking to the BBC, the Tories pointed out some of the 140 doctors who had signed the letter were public Labour supporters and advisers. Published in The Guardian, the letter claimed the last [...]
Biotechnology company Prothena to raise $114m with public offering April 8, 2015 Irish biotechnology company Prothena has confirmed a public offering which is expected to raise more than $100m (£67m). The firm, which is listed on Nasdaq and concentrates on developing new antibodies for treating diseases such as Parkinson's and inflammatory disorders, said it will sell 3.3m ordinary shares at $37 per share which it expects to [...]
UK cancer treatment gets £100m boost with proton beam therapy centres in Cardiff, London and Northumberland April 8, 2015 Three new cancer treatment centres are to be built in the UK over the next two years transforming the nation's ability to treat some rare forms of the disease. The first proton beam therapy centre will by open in Cardiff in 2016, followed by one in London and one in Northumberland, with all three due [...]
Power poses might signal authority, but they won’t actually boost your career April 8, 2015 Put those power-lunges away, people: it turns out the idea that striking a dominant pose at work gives you an ego boost and makes you more competent at your job is false, a new study has shown. It had been thought (and oft-repeated in management books) that holding yourself "like a boss" (ie. feet apart, [...]
World Health Day 2015: Six food safety tips for your home April 7, 2015 World Health Day has come around once more, and this year the focus is on food safety. The World Health Organisation, which organises the annual event, has picked this as one of the biggest dangers society currently faces, and estimates it leads to around two million deaths across the world each year. With the [...]
Large Hadron Collider: What is it and why is it so important for our understanding of everything in the world? April 7, 2015 Keen particle physicists received the best Easter present possible over the weekend – after two years of being in hibernation, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland was rebooted once more. The machine holds promises to advance understanding of the laws of physics at the most minuscule yet fundamental level. By recreating temperatures [...]
