‘George Osborne’s tax giveaway for millionaires has saved them an astonishing £85,000 each – while the average family has been left £1,100 a year worse off. The out-of-touch Chancellor’s decision to slash the top rate […]
‘One in five of the businesspeople who signed a letter supporting Tory economic policy were given honours by David Cameron in the last few years, while one third have donated money to the Conservative party, […]
It was the raw early days of the coalition, and one of David Cameron’s lieutenants was giving a frank answer to my blunt question: what would it take for the government to pull back on […]
‘Ten workers at a controversial company used by the Government to get people off benefits forged signatures in a £300,000 fake jobs fraud, a court heard today. The group were employed by the firm A4e […]
‘NHS bosses have been accused of covering up plans to close A&E units and cut hospital beds – after paying £10million for reports they are now refusing to publish. They have paid management consultants including […]
‘The reforms would mean that those who have entered the UK illegally or overstayed their visas would be sent home on a plane before any judicial review began. The plans – which will be introduced […]
‘A future government must be allowed to expand the NHS without facing legal challenge under a proposed new EU-US trade deal, according to a sharply critical report from an all-party committee of MPs. The Business, […]
‘Iain Duncan Smith has refused to meet with Britain’s biggest food bank charity for over a year – but has instead held discussions with an American investment bank about tackling child poverty. The Trussell Trust […]
‘Half of the private firms which jointly won the largest NHS privatisation deal in history have links to the Tories, shock research reveals. The Mirror told last week how the Government had signed a record […]
‘Britain’s Secretary of State for Energy, the Liberal Democrat MP Ed Davey, has thrown a spanner in the government coalition-works by admitting fracking has been hyped and that his fellow Conservatives would “frack every bit […]
‘The Conservatives are considering limiting child benefit to three children, BBC Newsnight has learned. The Treasury is “softening” to the idea and is examining the details, Newsnight political editor Allegra Stratton said. It would save […]
‘Conservatives must show they are not driven by a desire to ‘punish’ people on benefits, Iain Duncan Smith warned tonight. The Work and Pensions Secretary used a speech in Washington to warn that for too […]
‘Millionaire executives at private-equity firms are avoiding up to £700m in tax a year using a loophole which George Osborne has repeatedly failed to close, according to a new investigation. Tax campaigners said the arrangement, […]
‘Millionaire executives at private-equity firms are avoiding up to £700m in tax a year using a loophole which George Osborne has repeatedly failed to close, according to a new investigation. Tax campaigners said the arrangement, […]