Der Fall der Berliner Mauer. 30 Jahre später
1Bau eines Abschnitts der Berliner Mauer an der Bernauer Straße, August 1961. Die Grenze zwischen der DDR und West-Berlin wurde am 13. August geschlossen 2Bau der Berliner Mauer. Foto aufgenommen am 20. November 1961 3West-Berliner Bewohner am Checkpoint Charlie im…
Expert’s ‘spring clean’ National Insurance message over ‘missing’ state pension credits
National Insurance credits are a way of protecting your NI record when you are unable to work (Image: Getty) Brits are being urged to do a review of their National Insurance record to make sure their credits are up to date. The message…
Labour blasted over winter fuel payment cuts as major delays revealed
Chancellor Rachel Reeves axed winter fuel payments for most pensioners (Image: Getty) Labour is facing fresh criticism over winter fuel payment cuts after it emerged there have been major delays to pension credit claims. It took an average of 87 working…
Farmers send huge warning to Starmer as inheritance tax to ‘decimate’ industry
A farmer has issued a warning to Keir Starmer (Image: GETTY) The Prime Minister has been warned that farmers will abandon their unofficial role as the “fourth emergency service” if the Government persists with scrapping inheritance tax relief for farms. Farmers…
Rachel Reeves under fire as farmers send four-word warning over tax on farms
Farmers’ children have penned letters to Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Various) Children have urged Rachel Reeves not to “destroy the future of family farms” by reversing her inheritance tax raid. Youngsters from across the country have penned emotive letters to the…
Rachel Reeves urged to raise personal allowance to shield pensioners from “retirement tax”
Rach Rachel Reeves is under mounting pressure to raise the personal allowance to prevent Britain’s pensioners from being dragged into an unfair “retirement tax” trap. Campaigners have sounded the alarm, warning that millions of retirees face paying income tax for…
Rachel Reeves will take even more of your tax from April – here’s how to stop her
Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants your tax revenues – don’t make it easy for her (Image: Getty) Tax thresholds and allowances will be frozen again from April 6, eroding their value in real terms once again. Taxpayers buckling under today’s record-high burden…
Bus passes, NHS, state pension triple lock – as Keir Starmer slashes aid, nothing is safe
PM Keir Starmer will have to find the money to boost defence spending from somewhere (Image: Getty) This is a Labour Prime Minister. Party members love foreign aid. They’d double it, triple it, and still demand more. And yet Starmer has…
State Pension loophole as 500,000 older Brits raking in extra £5,000 a year
State Pension loophole as 500,000 older Brits raking in extra £5,000 a year (Image: Getty) Millions of pensioners have increased their state pension payments by thousands of pounds annually through inheritance rule. In the 2023/24 tax year, over two million pensioners…
Rachel Reeves urged to exempt farmers caught by death tax ‘trap’ as mass protest beckons
Farmers are fearing for their future because of tax raid (Image: Getty) Rachel Reeves has been urged to carve out an exemption for older farmers “snared” by her inheritance tax trap as protesters prepare for a mass demonstration. Organisers of a…