Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be weighing a “20% settling-up charge”, effectively an exit capital-gains tax on business assets, aimed at people who cease UK residency and move to…
HMRC’s Christmas Crackdown: Double Tax Bills, Frozen Child Benefits, And The Return Of Bank Raids.
As winter tightens and household budgets strain, Britain’s tax authority has plunged tens of thousands of people into confusion, anger, and fear. From “double-billed” savers to families wrongly stripped of…
England’s Hospices Are Dying: Inside The Collapse Of End-Of-Life Care.
Across England, the places meant to offer peace and dignity in death are themselves dying. Hospices, long hailed as the backbone of compassionate end-of-life care, are closing beds, laying off…
“A Band-Aid On A Broken System”: Inside The UK’s Shift To Military Barracks For Asylum Accommodation.
The decision by the Home Office to house roughly 900 male asylum seekers in two military sites, Cameron Barracks in Inverness (≈ 300) and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex…
Britain’s Rent Crisis Is Breaking Records, And Labour’s Freeze Could Push Millions Over The Edge.
Britain’s rent crisis is deepening at record speed, and without urgent intervention, it threatens to become one of the defining social failures of this decade, “a ticking time bomb waiting…
Reform UK’s Only Black Branch Chair Quits Over ‘Harmful’ Migration Debate.
The right-wing populist party Reform UK is facing internal turbulence after the resignation of its only Black branch chair, Neville Watson. Watson, who led the Enfield branch of the party,…
Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Banned From Aston Villa Match – A Necessary Measure Or A Step Too Far?
UK-BIRMINGHAM - In a move that has sparked political and public controversy, West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council have banned fans of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv from…
“A Climate Of Fear”: How Official Data, Disinformation And Policy Failures Left Muslims Bearing The Brunt Of Religious Hate Crime In England & Wales.
The Home Office’s figures for the year ending March 2025 show religiously motivated offences recorded by police in England and Wales reached a record high: 7,164 offences (excluding Metropolitan Police…
Flood Risk To Rise Across UK, Insurers Warn: The Growing Peril To Towns, Insurance Markets And Communities.
Insurers shout; politicians pledge; communities pay. But the plumbing, the planning and the politics still don’t add up.
UK Faces Deepening Economic Crisis: Inflation Soars, Living Standards Decline, And Public Services Erode.
The United Kingdom is facing the highest inflation among the G7 nations, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), compounding pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her make-or-break November…
