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Capital gains tax will not hit 39%, says Treasury minister - but he won’t rule out rise in October Budget

National Insurance for employers also appears set to increase in the Budget on October 30

Evening Standard

Ministers press ahead with 'destructive, disruptive and divisive' VAT on private school fees policy

MPs clashed in the Commons as the Tories piled pressure on the Government to rethink the controversial policy

Evening Standard

Plans to add VAT to private school fees won’t be delayed, says minister

James Murray reaffirms timetable despite many in the sector calling for changes to be deferred until September 2025

The Guardian - UK

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'Hopeless': Stephen Flynn slates Labour minister over weak 'cronyism' defence

A LABOUR minister has been slated for a “hopeless” defence of alleged cronyism in the party ...

The National (Scotland)

Treasury pledges low-carbon investment relief to appease oil and gas industry

Minister James Murray says decision aimed at protecting jobs and investment after concerns raised by industry

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: School Days

The United Kingdom's new Labour Party government has confirmed that it will start charging a 20 percent value-added tax on private school tuition in January 2025. It promises to use the money to fund 6,500 new teachers in state school. Treasury official James Murray said the government is looking at…

Reason

Alan Titchmarsh holds back tears as The Crown star James Murray pays emotional tribute to late daughter

‘The Crown’ actor Murray reflected on the death of his late baby daughter, Ella-Jayne

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New on Hulu August 3-9: our expert picks 6 new TV shows and movies coming to Hulu

Check out our picks for the best new TV shows and movies on Hulu this week, including friends playing pranks and a new era of Dance Moms.

WhatToWatch

Winter Fuel Payment cuts will 'not be the last', Labour Treasury Secretary says

THE cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment will “not be the last” announced by the Labour government, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury has…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer government digs in as it faces Labour revolt over two-child benefit limit

Labour MP Kim Johnson is ready to table an amendment to the King’s Speech to ditch the restriction

Evening Standard

Minister rejects claim by Trump running mate JD Vance that Britain is first nuclear Islamist country

Treasury minister James Murray also stressed his ‘pride in diversity’ and its strength

Evening Standard

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in…Ealing North?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

Gandhi season 1: cast, plot and everything we know about the epic TV drama following the life of India's icon

The Gandhi TV series stars Pratik Gandhi and Bhamini Oza alongside British stars Tom Felton and James Murray.

WhatToWatch

Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers

Fuchsia Dunlop, Dan Smith and Melissa Thompson tell us where they buy Chinese vegetables in London, heritage produce in Kent, and the best chicken you’ll ever eat

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Labour creates tax panel to help it clamp down on avoiders

Group will advise on how to modernise HMRC after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves reveals plan for £5bn crackdown

The Guardian - UK

No change to UK’s arms exports to Israel but position kept under review, says David Cameron – as it happened

UK foreign secretary also defended his meeting with Donald Trump during a press conference in Washington

The Guardian - UK

Tory plans to abolish non-dom status riddled with loopholes, Labour says

Analysis suggests wealthiest would save millions and Sunak’s own family could benefit to tune of £250m

Evening Standard

Masters of the Air: from Austin Butler to Barry Keoghan, here's who’s playing who

The show boasts a star-studded cast and some high-altitude dogfights

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Labour to crack down on ‘dodgy’ candy stores in push to revive high streets

Party says American-style sweetshops – some under investigation for tax evasion – are ripping off public

Digital Camera World

“Having photos sitting on our walls at home wasn’t doing anybody any good”: James and Karla Murray's book spotlights New York’s disappearing independent stores

Two photographers from New York have captured the stories of small retail businesses in a fast-changing city

Salon

Before Wikipedia, there was the OED

Salon talks to Sarah Ogilvie, author of "The Dictionary People," about the "unsung heroes" who created the OED

The Guardian - AU

The Dictionary of Lost Words review – stage adaptation of bestseller finds power in the silences

Pip Williams’ 2020 novel was all about words – but on stage, it could do with a few less

The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of people do not trust Tories on environment, poll finds – as it happened

Ipsos poll carried out after Rishi Sunak U-turn on net zero policies also evenly split on whether policy shift was correct

The Guardian - UK

Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth

The Conversation

Philologists, pedants and obsessives: how crowd-sourcing created the Oxford English Dictionary

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a celebration of words and word-people: authors, editors, publishers, linguists, lexicographers, philologists, obsessives, pedants. Its author, Sarah Ogilvie, was formerly an Oxford English Dictionary editor and wrote the 2013 book Words of the World: A Global History…

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