New tax hikes for the UK's middle class

⚽️ Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off⚽️ Live scoreboard | Latest tables | Top scorers | Mail Taha Here’s how the aforementioned Burnley win eight years ago played out. It is a gloriously wet and windy day at Turf Moor as Burnley and Chelsea prepare to reawaken their Premier League campaigns after the international break. The Blues have won their last seven Saturday lunchtime kick-offs, so will fancy their chances in Lancashire. They are looking to prove they are title contenders, and a win today would move Chelsea up to second for a few hours at least.…

Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report reveals Full story: Ministers urged to apologise after review finds systemic failures led to carer’s allowance crisis Of all the devastating passages in Liz Sayce’s 146-page criticism of the government’s failing carer’s allowance system, one above all leaps out. It describes how some felt so “overwhelmed”, ashamed and criminalised they considered killing themselves. One even investigated whether their fine would be cancelled if they died, only to find the government would still chase their family. Continue reading… Source link India…

Although some appointees make valuable contributions, the absurd archaism of the second chamber of parliament has to be addressed Not much about the House of Lords is defensible on principles of democratic representation. One plausible merit of an appointed chamber is that specialists might be recruited to apply non-political expertise in legislative scrutiny. Appointees are certainly not supposed to use their privileged position to advance the interests of paying clients. After a Guardian investigation, two peers were disciplined this week for breaking lobbying rules. Lord Dannatt, a former head of the British army who served as a crossbencher, and…