Corbyn fined £100 for filing his tax return late
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jezza was slapped with a £100 fine for filing he tax return for 2014/15 on Feb 6th missing the Jan 31st deadline by quite a long time. Corbyn declared an additional income of £1,850 which included earnings from lectures, taking his total pay to £70,795 and he paid a total of £18,912 in income tax. A spokesman for Corbyn blamed a “busy few months” after he was voted in unanimously as opposition leader in September. This...
Mad Mods and a Camera – Mods 1 Storm Katie 0
By Duncan James My first Bank Holiday Ride Out for 2016 and the weather forecast had Storm Katie hitting our shores. Typical, I thought. When I passed the Dick Turpin on the A127 - a meeting point for the Mods before they arrive at Southend - it didn’t look good. There were just a handful of scooters in the car park. On arriving at Southend, though, Storm Katie was nowhere to be seen. It was here on the sea front,...
Esther McVey gifted £530-a-day taxpayer funded job after being kicked out as MP
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Esther McVey has just landed a £32k a year job (£530 a day) pad for by the taxpayer, only six months after being kicked out as an MP. The former jobs minister will now be chair of the British Transport Police Authority AND hold down a part time role with a lobbying company. Her new role is Chair of the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) and was given the role by former colleague Transport Minister...
World’s first local currency cash machine now in Brixton
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor London leads the way again as the world’s first ever local currency cash machine opened in Brixton, the birthplace of David Bowie. The ATM which can be found in Market Row allows you to withdraw Brixton bank notes, which can only be spent in the local area. Notes can be used in over 300 local independent businesses, including shops, bars, and restaurants. The notes feature images of local heroes, including Luol Deng and David Bowie...
Sadiq Khan claims PM has made London world capital for money laundering
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Labour Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has claimed that the Government’s abject failure in dealing with UK-administered tax havens has meant that the super wealthy can launder money, with impunity. Allowing the laundering of money through London has ramped up house prices as the dodgy money is invested in bricks and mortar in an attempt to clean up the cash. Khan claims said:“My worry is London is the world’s capital for money laundering and we have...
VIDEO – Tory MP snipes at “low achievers” who are not millionaires
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The best way to look out of touch, is to stand up in the Commons and tell the House people who are not millionaires are “low achievers,” you would have to be really out of touch to do that. Well Tory millionaire MP Alan Duncan did it today. He said that criticism of Cameron would mean a Commons filled with “low achievers,” AKA you and I. The Rutland MP was defending the PM over his...
Interview: Joakim Prat – London’s Most Exciting Pastry Chef?
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having worked within the kitchens of some of Europe’s most prestigious restaurants – notably Can Fabes near Barcelona and L’Atelier Joël Robuchon here in London – multi award winning pastry chef Joakim Prat opened his first solo venture last year. Located close to Kensington’s French Lycée, just seconds from South Kensington underground station, Maître Choux specialises in choux pastry, unsurprisingly, crafting the most intricately beautiful and tantalisingly delicious éclairs available outside a Three Michelin-starred...
Watch: How Much Does Britain Pay The EU?
Claims and counter-claims about how much it costs the UK to belong to the European Union have been rife in the run-up to the referendum in June, with both sides of the debate cherry-picking the statistics that support their side of the argument. To clear the debate up, The UK in a Changing Europe based at Kings College London has created an animated video that highlights the claims and counter-claims about how much it costs the UK to belong to the European...
England Cricketer James Taylor Forced To Retire At 26
England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor has been forced to retire at 26 years-old due to a serious heart condition. The sad news was revealed by the England Cricket Board today ahead of the 2016/17 counties season. Taylor withdrew from last week’s fixture against Cambridge MCCU with what was believed to be a viral condition. However, specialist scans revealed yesterday that the 26-year-old has the very serious heart condition, ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Arrhythmia). The middle-order batsman played the first of his...