The application deadline for a state housing program for Western North Carolina homeowners impacted by Tropical Storm Helene has been extended to Jan. 31, 2026. The Single-Family Housing Program helps ...

16:10, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 Updated: 16:17, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 Last Thursday, across the despatch box from the current Defra Secretary, I read a letter from an elderly farmer. The letter contained a ...

Victoria Atkins says announcement to raise tax threshold from £1m to £2.5m days before Christmas ‘seems very odd’ UK politics live – latest updates Ministers “snuck out” the announcement that they had ...

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The Government will raise the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers from £1 million to £2.5 million in a climbdown following months of protest. The change to the reforms initially unveiled at ...

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap an inheritance tax raid on family firms altogether after a massive U-turn. Businesses cheered Labour’s climbdown, which will see a rise in the threshold for death ...

08:00, Wed, Jan 7, 2026 Updated: 11:37, Wed, Jan 7, 2026 Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice have missed out on a £30million inheritance after King Charles wilded the axe on their father Andrew ...

The wisdom has long been that Budget day is an excellent opportunity to bury bad corporate happenings. Christmas Eve is the best day for dodgy firms to hold their annual general meetings. There are no ...

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Taxpayers can reduce their IRS bill by deducting qualifying expenses from their taxable income. The easiest way to do that is to take the standard deduction, a flat rate offered to nearly all ...