The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more
Taylor Swift fans have gone wild after the singer hid ‘Easter Eggs’ themed around her Folklore album in her new Capital One commercial. Folklore became the ultimate COVID-19 quarantine soundtrack, following its highly successful release in July. And although the singer-songwriter, 30, appears in the advert for a mere 11-second, Swift cleverly paid homage to her eighth studio … Read more
London’s second wave of coronavirus had already started to slow down before the national lockdown forced workers to stay at home and high street shops to pull down the shutters, official data suggests. More than half of the capital’s 32 boroughs — including the three hotspots of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kingston upon Thames … Read more
Controversial lender Greensill Capital is scrambling to find a new auditor as it gears up to float on the stock market. The specialist finance company, which was founded by Australian Lex Greensill and counts former prime minister David Cameron as an adviser, had previously enrolled the little-known Saffery Champness to vet its finances. But after … Read more
Capital Xtra host Will Njobvu departs Global Studios alongside Love Island’s Yewande Biala after filming the moment he was ‘racially abused’ at Tube station By Sean O’grady and James Gant For Mailonline Published: 21:00 GMT, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 21:00 GMT, 27 October 2020 He recently recorded the shocking moment he was ‘racially abused … Read more
Far right protestors have clashed with police in Rome in what is the second night of demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions in Italy. Violence once again erupted as huge crowds of activists descended on the city this evening, with footage showing flares being thrown and fireworks being let off as police armed with riot shields tried … Read more
The last time I visited Athens, I was 14 and on holiday with my parents. So, yes, I had prejudices about the place. Like every tourist, I had my photograph taken at the city’s most famous ancient landmark, the Acropolis — and apart from that snap of me, perched on a rock, sporting a red … Read more
The last time I visited Athens, I was 14 and on holiday with my parents. So, yes, I had prejudices about the place. Like every tourist, I had my photograph taken at the city’s most famous ancient landmark, the Acropolis — and apart from that snap of me, perched on a rock, sporting a red … Read more
Iceland’s capital Reykjavik is rattled by powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake By Associated Press Published: 16:31 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 16:35 BST, 20 October 2020 A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Iceland on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital, Reykjavik. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the quake struck at … Read more
Savers haven’t been handed much good news in 2020, even before National Savings & Investments made heavy cuts to its best buy rates three weeks ago. The planned reductions from the Treasury-backed bank, which come in next month, have effectively pulled the rug out from underneath what had looked like a slight recovery in savings … Read more