The top 20 European countries with the highest tax rate have been revealed, and the UK has found itself on the list. Denmark took the number one spot with the highest top personal income tax rate of 55.9 percent, data from the
Located deep in the heart of County Durham’s mining country, Easington Colliery still wears the scars of its industrial past. Pollution from the local pit stained the beaches so badly the black sand was used as an unearthly location in the film
Campaigners are sounding the alarm over the impact of a new “taxi tax” on rural communities, with new research showing concern for those living in the British countryside. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have been urged to “intervene urgently”
A BBC Question Time audience member made a desperate plea for “hardworking” taxpayers in a debate about “Broken Britain”. The man said he disagreed with Daily Telegraph associate editor Camilla Tominey, arguing decisions on how taxes are spent mean society is held back.
Jeremy Hunt should still give taxpayers “the break they deserve” despite being handed less room for a major Budget giveaway. Experts say the Chancellor is able to deliver much-needed tax cuts without draining Treasury coffers. New figures show the government racked up
A hotelier has urged for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to bring in tax cuts including a redution in the VAT rate in the Spring Budget. Steven Hesketh, founder of The Hospitality Hero, told Express.co.uk: “I would like to see a flat drop in
The BBC licence fee was blasted as “ludicrous” and a “tax just to watch Strictly Come Dancing” after it emerged the Government had approved a plan to cut the planned annual rise by a third. Tim Davie, the director general of the
Households face steep council tax hikes as nearly every local authority plans to raise the levy by the maximum of 4.99% this April, an analysis has found. At least 129 of 136 county and unitary local authorities in England who have so
The average Brit faces a £100 council tax hike this year as 95% of local authorities raise bills by the maximum amount. The County Councils Network (CCN) says 129 of the 136 unitary local authorities across England will increase council tax bills
Jeremy Hunt has ditched plans for a 2p cut to income tax at next month’s Budget, reports have suggested. The Chancellor was possibly set to reduce the basic rate of income tax from 20 to 18 per cent, as well as looking