The new Electronic Travel Authorisation charge, effective from April 8, imposes a £20 fee on overseas travelers entering the UK, which could dampen inbound travel volumes across key business hubs.
Many UK nationals working in the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia are looking to return home. However, being in the UK increases the likelihood of being classified as a UK tax resident under the Statutory Residence Test (SRT).
West Bromwich Albion acknowledges media reports relating to the club's compliance with the EFL's profitability and sustainability (P&S) rules. The club considers that it has fully complied with the P&S rules.
The collector general has secured six debt judgments against James Geoghegan in the past six-and-a-half years for a total of almost €550,000.
I never expected to own a home. I wasn't born into generational wealth. I grew up poor. There was-and is-no big family inheritance coming my way. Not property. Not cash. Not stocks or bonds or whatever financial instrument one might trade or sell or leverage to join the landed class.
"Too often new developments don't come with the services and infrastructure they need. Our policy would get new or expanded GP surgeries up and running to serve new developments, right from the moment the first homes are sold."
Octopus Energy reported that its heat pump orders more than doubled in March compared to February, while sales of solar power systems increased by almost 80%. This trend reflects a growing consumer shift towards renewable energy solutions.
The government is capping the interest rate on plan 2 loans at 6% from 1 September, for the 2026-27 academic year. This new cap will also apply to postgraduate plan 3 loans, protecting students from inflation pressures.
The thinktank warned on Monday that surging gas, electricity and petrol prices had fundamentally altered the outlook for living standards in 2026. Before the Iran war erupted in late February, working-age households were tracking towards modest income growth of 0.9 per cent. That figure has now swung to a projected decline of 0.6 per cent, a turnaround worth £480 per household.
People are suffering right across the country. Everyone is finding life challenging at the moment. A temporary VAT cut could reduce the cost of fuel by around 13p per litre for petrol and 16p for diesel.
Locals living near the Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin have threatened legal action blocking a Johnny Ronan-led consortium from renting or selling new apartments there. The row centres on the provision of affordable housing and a 2018 agreement made when the site was given strategic development zone (SDZ) planning status to fast-track the delivery of almost 4,000 homes.
Since 2017-18, local authorities across England had spent almost 1.5bn more on temporary accommodation (TA) than had been reimbursed in housing benefit from the government. Without intervention, this figure is set to balloon to 3.9bn in the next four years, the LGA said as it urged the government to take action to help councils facing soaring demand and funding pressures.
