PMQs sketch: Raac city, b*tch September 6, 2023 If there was ever an evocative symbol of so-called Broken Britain, it is the image of school children turning up on the first day of term to a building at risk of crumbling.
UK house prices drop by 0.8 per cent as ‘softening’ of growth at weakest since 2009 September 1, 2023 Nationwide said house prices are now 5.3 per cent below their August 2022 peak, while the average property value is now £259,153.
Property sales down 16 per cent in July as reduced lending rates fails to stop hesitancy August 31, 2023 The number of property sales taking place in July was 16 per cent lower than it was in the same month last year, as reduced lending rates failed to allay prospective buyers' hesitancy.
HMRC paid out over £500,000 to tax fraud whistleblowers – but lawyers say rewards should be higher August 21, 2023 Lawyers are calling for the UK’s tax authority to expand its whistleblower rewards scheme as new figures show that HMRC paid out over £500,000 to people blowing the whistle on tax fraud. HMRC has paid out over £509,000 to individuals providing evidence about tax fraud during the course of the last financial year, up from [...]
More than 130 leaks in Westminster buildings – but not THOSE kind of leaks…. August 18, 2023 More than 130 sewage leaks have sprung up in government buildings over the last year, new data has revealed. The majority of the 138 leaks were at Ministry of Defence (MoD) buildings, with 102 incidents at sites including Royal Naval airbase Culdrose, Cornwall and RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire. The Liberal Democrats, who obtained the information via [...]
We were never going to have a great British bonfire of the tax system after Brexit August 15, 2023 We have neglected to reintroduce VAT-free shopping for foreign tourists, doubtless to squeals of delight from shopkeepers in Milan or Paris.
Entain looks at clawing back bonuses after Turkish bribery claims August 13, 2023 The company, which owns Ladbrokes, Coral and Sportingbet, plans to find out if it can recoup bonuses paid to former board members
Navigating a nudge on your crypto investments August 3, 2023 Danielle Ford and Riocard Hoye of Haysmacintyre walk through and navigate the pitfalls of crypto tax nudges from HMRC.
Uber chased by HMRC for extra £386m VAT August 2, 2023 HMRC is pursuing Uber for £386m extra in VAT, after paying £615m to resolve a tax dispute last year. In its results statement yesterday, Uber said that “UK tax authorities had disputed the amount and manner in which we were applying VAT to our UK business,” since the restructuring of its business model last March. [...]
Number of ‘Isa millionaires’ surges to more than 4,000 – triple from pre pandemic August 1, 2023 The number of “Isa millionaires” has surged to more than 4,000, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) figures. Some 4,070 savers were sitting on Isa pots worth more than £1 million, as of April 2021, according to the data, obtained following a freedom of information (FOI) request on behalf of financial services network the [...]