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Labour VAT raid will have ‘catastrophic’ impact on Britain’s choirs
Keir Starmer’s private school policies threaten to ‘damage’ national heritage
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‘I flip abandoned homes in rural Japan – people offer me houses for free’
Millions of vacant properties pepper the Japanese countryside at rock-bottom prices
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Labour exempts thousands of boarding school pupils from tax raid
Exclusive: planned VAT raid will not affect 32 schools after outcry from headmasters
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‘It was ludicrous’: The civil servant who saw the scandal of Britain’s benefits fraud unfold
DWP worker says removal of checks during Covid made the system ‘fraudster-friendly’
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‘Sick’ Britons cash in on seven months’ leave with fake doctors’ notes
Near-identical GP documents are being sold online for as little as £25
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Deaths spark concern over digital phone line rollout
Death of two Virgin Media O2 landline customers days after their health pendants failed to function prompts fresh concerns
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Benefits system left open to fraud after pandemic, says architect of Universal Credit
Calls to bring back full vetting come after £5.5bn was lost to scams and error in 2023
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The militant women’s pension group that spent a fortune – and achieved nothing
Waspi splinter group ‘Backto60’ is still empty-handed after nearly a decade of fighting
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How Canada’s energy experiment backfired – and why smart meter Britain is next
Years after Ontario’s flawed reforms, the province has little to show for its efforts
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Civil servants fail to show up to shiny new multi-million pound offices
Taxpayers foot the bill for ‘regional hubs’ despite high levels of home-working
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Debanking complaints surge after Farage scandal
Reform UK president says the figures are a ‘symptom of a banking industry that increasingly treats its customers with contempt’
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Legitimate companies are being debanked amid surge in complaints, MPs warn
Increase in complaints comes alongside a greater proportion of appeals being upheld
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Motorists to be taxed more than smokers as war on drivers revs up
Duties from insurance premiums will overtake those from tobacco in 2026
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Average car insurance bill climbs to almost £1,000
MPs warn that drivers are putting off making claims over fears they will lose their no-claims bonus or be hit by a premium increase
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Why car insurance is suddenly so expensive
Premiums are soaring despite the introduction of new rules to ensure fairer pricing
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Ageing population blamed for surge in pensioners’ car insurance bills
Some drivers denied cover altogether, despite older motorists being among safest
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