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The taxman will deploy valuation agents who will be able to demand entry to properties in order to assess whether they are worth over £2m and therefore fall under The High Value Council Tax Surcharge – commonly referred…
Read moreThe prime minister will unveil proposals this week to give regional mayors in 13 areas including Manchester, Liverpool, and the West Midlands, powers to take over planning decisions as well as direct councils to refuse…
Read moreThere aren't enough orders to keep them running all the time, the company says, because of a surge of cheap steel coming from Asian countries that is threatening the viability of several UK sites that make similar…
Read moreThe leading AI company this week announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, and Chris Lehane, its chief global affairs officer, said: "We are hitting a different…
Read moreNeither was their party's natural favourite, but time, doggedness and perhaps the exhaustion of the alternatives eventually delivered the prize they had long coveted. Burnham should hope that is where the similarities…
Read moreThe EU digital entry and exit system (EES) , which requires non-EU citizens to register and be photographed and fingerprinted on arrival and departure from the Schengen zone, has been technically in full force since…
Read moreFor others, it is an expression of modern-day lawlessness among young people. Whatever view you take, antisocial behaviour on public transport has become a hot debate – and with the introduction of free bus travel for…
Read moreThe action follows a Guardian investigation last December , which revealed claims that Adrian Howe, a former Vodafone employee who had agreed to start a franchise in 2018, had taken his own life after pressure from the…
Read moreWeren't infrastructure projects in the UK always delivered late and massively over budget? The project was a carve-out from the financially stretched Thames Water and would surely be dragged down by it. Instead, the…
Read moreAbout 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Onshore wind power capacity entering the planning system has more than tripled…
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