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‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise

Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception…

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‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025

As they struggle with the cost of living, people weigh up whether Rachel Reeves’s measures…

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Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?

A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to…

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‘They need more backbone’: budget disappointment reigns in Peterlee

Residents of deprived County Durham town, where support has swung from Labour to Reform, say…

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Budget 2025: what it means for you

How Rachel Reeves’s measures on tax, NI and benefits affect single people, couples, families and…

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Millions of savers and investors to face higher tax bills after Reeves’s budget

Chancellor unveils measures that will affect Isas, pensions, and income from dividends, property and savings…

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European parliament calls for social media ban on under-16s

MEPs pass resolution to help parents tackle growing dangers of addictive internet platforms Children under…

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ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology

OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself The maker…

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How does freezing tax thresholds affect your own tax bill?

Rachel Reeves is freezing tax thresholds in an attempt to plug the hole in the…

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Two London councils enact emergency plans after being hit by cyber-attack

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster city council investigate whether data has been…

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