Politics

With hopes of a full-blown post-Brexit trade deal with the US abandoned, Britain has been focusing on pacts with individual states.

“The public are increasingly savvy that tax cuts come at a price", Mubin Haq, CEO of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust said.

The latest figures show just 3.73 per cent of UK deaths resulted in an inheritance tax (IHT) charge.

The Prime Minister is reportedly considering axing plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to run from Birmingham to Manchester amid soaring costs.

One source said the donation, which is their biggest since 2019, would be ‘transformational’ to the party’s campaign.

The 64-year-old Grand Designs host said the approach was ‘hugely confusing’ and ‘very corrosive’.

Are we heading for a spring General Election, a September ballot or will Rishi Sunak decide to stick it out to the bitter end?

Last year, the solicitor general put strict restrictions around publishing material that could prejudice the trial.

Labour has raised almost £12 million already this year, while the Conservatives have received £22 million in donations.