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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer appears to be the mantra of HMRC as a parliamentary watchdog has claimed they offer advice to the super-rich, so they can pay less tax. It isn't the politics of envy, it is simply unfair. It is feared that this will undermine the entire tax system, and lead to those further down the chain, possibly those on self-assessment, feeling the system is broken, and why should they pay their fair share....

Money that was pledged by the Government to convert failing schools into academies has been clawed back by central government. The money was going to be used to force every school to become an academy, but a backlash, including a rebellion by backbench Tory MPs, led to the Government ditching the policy. In total £384m will return to the Treasury, in a move that has exasperated teaching staff who hoped the funding could still be used to improve the educational...

Looking for a job might become harder than ever for the UK population as the Government looks to close a large number of its Jobcentres across Britain. There may well be thousands of job losses and those, faxing the axe, might well not have a job centre to start their search for new employment. The Government believes that these jobcentres are under used and reforms are needed to streamline the operation. Union chiefs have claimed that over one in ten...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is on coarse to becoming the world's first trillionaire and could hit the milestone within the next 25 years, a new report has found. The study has predicted Gates’ future wealth using the average rate of growth of his investments, which have been growing by 11 per cent since 2009. At this rate, Gates, who is currently number one on Forbes’ list of wealthiest people with a net worth of $85bn, could easily be a trillionaire by...

A married City lawyer's career is in ruins after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he branded an "Australian slut" at a posh rowing club Christmas party. Former England international rower Alastair Main, 35, was spared jail today despite pouring beer over the woman's head as he carried out the humiliating attack. But the court heard he was sacked from his lucrative job with investment firm Schroders two days after he was convicted in connection with the incident...

A police force paid out £750,000 in compensation after damaging property, assault, breaching the Human Rights Act and even failing to post a letter. Bungling Surrey Police faced more than 150 successful claims were made against the force last year following a series of errors, accidents and misdemeanors including discrimination towards the disabled. A total of 38 successful claims were made by those wrongly arrested, imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted or detained forcing cops to shell out £192,000. Claimants who said they...

Yesterday David Davis, Con, told the house that a White Paper over Brexit was basically impossible in the time frame before invoking article 50, but at today’s PMQs Teresa May announced there would be one after all, responding to a planted question from Chris Philp, Con. So during the previous 24 hours the Government has listened/u-turned (delete as appropriate) and told the country they will now produce a White Paper, which was effectively ruled out the previous day. Instead of...

A quarter of courses are struggling to meet tough new targets on gender balance in Scottish colleges. In total, five out of 18 subjects have failed to meet the goal of ensuring that at least 25 per cent of students on the course are male or female. The figures show just how difficult it will be for the colleges to fall in line with the Government's targets by 2030. Subjects such as nautical studies and construction are dominated by male...

This is the extraordinary moment a Tory councillor appears to try and silence claims he was illegally hunting a fox by telling a female activist: "I'd quite like to SHAG you." Middleton hunt master Charles Carter, 33, is filmed telling the woman that she is "very pretty" before requesting her number and asking: "Can I take you to bed please?" The young Breckland Council member made the remarks after being challenged by activists during a meet of the Middleton Hunt,...