Sanjeev Gupta stops repayments to troubled lender Greensill Capital

Sanjeev Gupta stops repayments to troubled lender Greensill Capital amid threat to UK steel jobs By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2021 The business empire headed by steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has stopped making payments to troubled lender Greensill Capital as it … Read more

Big savers face freeze on pension, inheritance and capital gains tax breaks

The Government has announced a tax raid on wealthy savers to help pay the huge bill it is running up to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The pension lifetime allowance, the capital gains annual allowance and inheritance tax thresholds will be frozen until 2026, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in today’s Budget. The lifetime allowance, the … Read more

Lender advised by David Cameron Greensill Capital on brink of collapse

Lender advised by David Cameron on the brink of collapse: Crisis of confidence engulfs Greensill Capital By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 2 March 2021 A controversial lender advised by former Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for survival after major backers walked away. … Read more

Have our lodgers left us liable for capital gains tax now we want to sell?

My girlfriend and I purchased our house in North London eight years ago.  It has four bedrooms and, since owning it, we rented out the other three rooms to friends and lodgers to help pay the mortgage.  We paid £300,000 for the house and have been told by an estate agent we could potentially sell … Read more

Syrian government claims to have shot down Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus

Syria ‘shoots down’ Israeli missiles over Damascus days after Iranian Navy ‘attack’ on cargo ship and US air strike on Iran-backed militias in the country Syrian air defences were activated in capital on Sunday night to repel an attack It was reported most Israeli missiles were shot down before reaching targets Syrian state media has … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: We gambled and won on vaccines. Now we must not waste that capital 

When on a winning streak, you should make the most of it. And the British Government has hit the jackpot (again) with its Covid vaccination policy. The Lancet has just published a study of 9,000 healthcare workers conducted by the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel (the country is the front runner in the global vaccination … Read more

Kent is the cracked roads capital of Britain

Plague of potholes in the garden of England: Kent is the cracked roads capital of Britain with 52,000 defects in three years, data reveals Kent recorded 52,245 defects recorded in past three years – almost 50 a day Across country nearly 600,000 potholes reported between 2018 and 2020 Staffordshire recorded 40,725 potholes and Fife in Scotland … Read more

Australia becomes the shark attack capital of the world – but experts say we SHOULDN’T be worried

Australia is declared the shark attack capital of the world – but experts say beachgoers SHOULDN’T be alarmed Twelve fatal shark attacks were recorded across the globe in 2020, report says Australia accounted for eight of those, three in WA, three in QLD and two in NSW  ‘Unprovoked’ maulings worldwide fell for the third consecutive … Read more

Farmers ride tractors into India’s capital and smash through barricades to storm historic Red Fort

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police who fired tear gas to scatter them The protesters marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors to New Delhi where they stormed the historic … Read more

Explosion above Saudi capital of Riyadh – days after missile targeting the city was intercepted 

Explosion above Saudi capital of Riyadh – days after missile targeting the city was intercepted  By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 11:20 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 11:20 GMT, 26 January 2021 An explosion was heard in the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh on Tuesday, according to a Reuters correspondent, but the cause was not … Read more