Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously thought. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, then … Read more
Graham Norton has lashed out at the annual publishing of BBC stars’ high salaries, branding the practice both ‘pointless’ and ‘rubbish’. The broadcaster, 57, who recently quit BBC Radio 2 after 10 years to head to Virgin Radio, has admitted that he looks forward to no longer having his earnings published for public consumption – a … Read more
From the ‘freefall’ to the ‘foetal’, the differing sleeping positions favoured by high and lower earners have been revealed. A survey of more than 5,000 British professionals found 29 per cent of those earning more than £54,900 a year prefer to sleep with their arms and legs spread out either side of them – a … Read more
Boris Johnson is more popular among low-income voters than he is with the highest earners, a new study has shown. Research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation think tank into voting behaviour at last year’s election found the Tories established a 15-point lead over Labour among people on low incomes. The report examined evidence from the … Read more
BRIT pop star Dua Lipa has become one of the planet’s biggest showbiz earners, having raked in £24.7million. The One Kiss singer, given the opening line in the Children In Need charity single, has seen her wealth double in the past year, up from £11.8million. Dua Lipa has reportedly earned a whopping £25million since bursting … Read more
High earners get pension tax relief boost in the Budget to fight NHS crisis stopping doctors working Most doctors will no longer be hit by tax bills due to the hated ‘taper’ Changes to pension tax rules will benefit other high earners But those on £300k plus will see tax relief slashed further to £4k … Read more