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High-end homes face Budget double whammy as Healey mulls council tax hike and mansion tax

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John Healey has conceded the Government is 'evolving its stance' on council tax - warning of possible change for those who have 'extremely valuable properties'.

My older colleague earns £20k more than me for a similar job, can I demand a pay rise?

Today

My boss says it's because that's what it cost to get them to move from a rival company, and they are ten years' older with higher earnings built up over a longer career.

Will appetite for bakery chain Greggs grow on Burnham backing?

Today

When Burnham revealed his favourite item on the Greggs menu was the 'sausage, bean and cheese thing', sales of the duly rebranded pastry doubled the next day in Manchester.

Aberdeen boxes clever: How a data centre punt and restoring vowels helped revive ailing fund manager

Today

The £11bn merger and joint leadership cooked up by adventurous boss Martin Gilbert and Standard Life's technocratic leader Keith Skeoch was doomed from the outset.

Cricketer and artist Jack Russell: I swapped cricket for art and sold a painting to a Monty Python legend for thousands

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Jack Russell spent 23 years as a batsman and wicketkeeper for Gloucestershire, alongside earning almost 100 caps for England.

When Laffer says the UK is taxing itself to death we should pay attention, says Hamish McRae

Today

The new Chancellor doesn't understand what is happening and the PM isn't interested.

It's ancient art but people walk through our door and their jaws drop, says London's glassblowing supremo

Today

Peter Layton, regarded as the founding father of British glass as an artform, often describes his industry as the 'Cinderella medium'.

Traders attack pound in biggest bet since Brexit amid 'disastrous vote of no confidence' in Labour ahead of Budget

Today

The news is a fresh pre-Budget blow to John Healey as the Chancellor looks to placate jittery markets with a speech to delegates at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool tomorrow.

Fears for piers over 'devastating' hikes in gambling taxes

Today

The Chancellor is said to be looking at doubling machine gaming duty to 40% at next month's Budget in a move targeted at High Street bookies.

Why $5.4trillion Nvidia is the cheapest it's been in a decade for investors

Today

At $224, Nvidia's shares trade at less than 17 times the earnings that investors expect the company to make in the next year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

How you could gift your child a £7MILLION pension pot by saving just £240 a month until they turn 18 (and it could slash your inheritance tax bill): RUTH JACKSON-KIRBY

Today

My son Henry won't retire until roughly 2088. He's only five and has just started his second year at primary school, but I'm already planning ahead for him.

In a groundbreaking shift, from next year… Women will have larger state pensions than men. So what can you do to boost yours?

Today

Women will start to receive a larger state pension than men early next year in a groundbreaking reversal of payouts, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The home improvement market is languishing but middle class Britain is still splashing out on kitchens - is this a tasty opportunity or a recipe for disaster for investors?

Yesterday

The housing market is weak. Lavish makeovers have been shelved. But there is one area of the home on which people are willing to splash some cash, and this is the kitchen.

Diesel to hit record high close to £2 a litre this weekend as soaring fuel prices deliver hammer blow to millions of motorists

Yesterday

Motorists have been warned that the price of diesel is set to hit a record high this weekend in a fresh squeeze on living standards.

BYD Dolphin G DM-i review: Is Britain's first plug-in hybrid supermini worth the £24,000 price tag?

Yesterday

Is Britain's first plug-in hybrid supermini a good buy? Freda Lewis-Stempel reviews the £24k BYD Dolphin G DM-i B-segment car to see if it good value for money.

SpaceX sends investment trust Schiehallion rocketing

Yesterday

The net asset value of Schiehallion jumped 29% in the six months to July, driven by the stock market debuts of SpaceX and Italian tech group Bending Spoons.

Why Andy Burnham is facing an impossible Budget - and the three toxic choices he has: SIMON LAMBERT

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Pressure is mounting on the UK over its debts at the worst possible time, with the national debt interest bill hitting £8.8 billion in August alone.

Takeover frenzy picks up pace in fresh blow to City

Yesterday

Regeneration specialist Harworth Group backed a 'best and final' offer from its largest shareholder Peel Holdings worth £632million after rejecting an earlier bid.

We can't open our window due to a neighbour's overgrown tree, what can we do?

Yesterday

Our neighbour also has a large tree in his front garden which is covered in blackfly. The tree is now level with our landing window, so we are unable to open it.

TalkTalk's financial crisis poses a profound test of the will of Burnham's government, says ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

It is astonishing that there is no supplier-of-last-resort regime in telecoms as there is for electricity and water.

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