Me begging the British Museum to just let me look at the beautiful stitching on Halley's Comet for more than two seconds even though I'm not a member of landed gentry or a politician
For a while now I've been puzzled why Britain doesn't appear higher on international tax league tables.
We know that Britain's income tax is predominantly paid by top earners, with the top 10% paying almost 60% of the bill. But is there more to it than that?
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'Kensington Interior,' (1912) depicts the hallway of 67 Ladbroke Grove, London, W.11, the house which belonged to Frank Emanuel's parents and where he lived from about 1890 until around 1920.
I wrote about why we still still still haven’t managed to build a third runway at Heathrow! With thanks to all who spoke to me telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
I've written, somewhat unexpectedly, about football - specifically Lord Pannick, the superstar barrister who is representing "Man City" in its appeal against the "Prem". It was a pleasure in fact to look at the career of this most illustrious advocate telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Jesus Christ. Heathrow is a global hub airport with long-haul routes to the world’s high-growth areas, hugely valuable international freight and deeply constrained capacity. Manchester Airport is… not. lbc.co.uk/article/andy-burnh…
Andy Burnham wants to scrap the triple lock.
Sign the petition to help us stop him 👇
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Community note
Labour are not cutting pensions, they are reforming the triple lock. Pensions will still rise every year, either at 2.5% or in line with inflation. Whichever is higher. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The state pension is a benefit. You pay NI for the entitlement to access it, but the cash you get back does not come from your own contributions.
Be thankful that it does not: the typical 60-year-old has paid in £134k in NI, but will get back £222k in SP payments.
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EXCL: Ministers are being lobbied by the chief executive of a major British business to solve the NEETs crisis – by imposing a four-day week on top earners.
The high-flying boss, who has close links to the Labour party, is convinced that forcing the best-paid employees to work fewer days could be the silver bullet for moving the one million youngsters not in employment, education or training into the jobs market.