Tax cigarette giants to stub out littering: MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets New platic tax on cigarettes being considered to tackle scourge of littered butts It is made possible by a new power currently being legislated in Environment Bill Scourge so widespread that estimated cost of … Read more
MPs are to be given meditation classes costing £20k a year… and YOU pick up the tab MPs are set to start taking mindfulness classes which will be paid by taxpayers Eight-week course, costing £20,000, will battle stress and be taught online The Lords’ most senior official, expressed ‘strong reservations’ about the service By Martin … Read more
Instagram rolls out a major redesign to its home page that places a new Reels tab front and center as the firm gears up to place ads in the short clips Instagram redesigned its home page that changes locations of icons Reels is now in the center where users would select the icon to create … Read more
Coca-Cola is bidding farewell to Tab, the company’s first-ever diet soda that became a cult favorite in the 1970s, after sales in the US fizzled. The soft drink giant on Friday announced it will phase out the soda as well as other under-performing products by the end of 2020 as it works to streamline its … Read more
We learned two things last week about the impact of Covid-19 on the nation’s finances. One was that the increase in the national debt is likely to be larger than even the pessimists expected. The other was that it will mostly be savers who will have to take on the burden of paying it off. … Read more