The middle-class capital gains raid

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

Middle-class ‘new hungry’ are now being forced to claim benefits for first time

From Ocado deliveries to food-bank handouts: Middle-class ‘new hungry’ are being forced to claim benefits for the first time as Covid destroys jobs Food charity claims emergence of ‘newly hungry’ group of middle-class workers Group are mostly younger people with mortgages, cars and credit cards They have suffered Covid-related job losses and gaps in social … Read more

Middle-class wannabes who will do anything for 15 seconds of fame

The camera pans round to a bathroom, where a masked figure pours milk into a bath filled with rosebuds. In said bath reclines a glamorous young woman in a sparkly dress, one glistening bare leg emerging from the milky surface. As the camera zooms in on her, she takes off her mask, blowing a kiss. … Read more

I’m a middle-class hypocrite: David Attenborough admits eating free-range meat troubles him

I’m a middle-class hypocrite: David Attenborough admits eating free-range meat troubles him because of its effect on the planet Veteran broadcaster, 94, said his conscience ‘troubles’ him when he eats meat  He added: ‘If we all ate only plants, we’d need only half the land we use now’ Comments come ahead of the launch of … Read more

Britain pours tens of millions of aid money into middle-class hotels and coffee shops

Britain pours tens of millions of aid money into African five-star hotels, Indian celebrity chef’s cookware brand and Kenyan coffee shops CDC Group is supposed to make investments to benefit world’s poorest places  It pumped £43million into international business hotel chain Onomo since 2017 It also invested into hotel chain Azalai which owns five-star hotels … Read more

Middle-class mother living a Cotswolds idyll was seduced by a fraud who claimed he was a Rothschild

Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings.  At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy in a new relationship. Today, … Read more

Britain’s middle-class will see wealth hit by coronavirus rescue

Britain’s middle-class will see their wealth hit by the coronavirus rescue with pensions, house prices and savings dented, say economists By Dan Atkinson and Simon Lambert For This Is Money Published: 07:38 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 07:38 BST, 30 March 2020 Britain’s middle class will bear the lion’s share of the pain when … Read more