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Edinburgh’s tourist trade has been given an extra six months to prepare for the introduction of a tourist tax after it was approved by councillors today. City of Edinburgh councillors backed the new 5% visitors levy, which will be the first introduced in Scotland, at a meeting this afternoon. But …

Edinburgh’s tourist trade has been given an extra six months to prepare for the introduction of a tourist tax after it was approved by councillors today. City of Edinburgh councillors backed the new 5% visitors levy, which will be the first introduced in Scotland, at a meeting this afternoon. But …

Former Stoke-on-Trent North MP Jonathan Gullis has still not found a permanent job – 177 days after losing his seat at the General Election. The former deputy Tory chairman has revealed he has even struggled to secure interviews since July 4. However, he has been earning money through freelance and …

Households face a string of new money rules and changes next month affecting everything from mobile phones to Royal Mail stamps. They include the opening of the Winter Fuel Payments phone line. They are worth up to £300 and the majority of people who are eligible will receive this cash …

Gyles Brandreth has revealed the six-word phrase the Royal Family use to deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle comments. He says the family have come up with the six-word response for anyone who brings up the pair. The former Tory MP turned This Morning pannelist says when it comes …

In the latest act of violence and disorder as part of the ongoing Sunderland riots, taxis transporting NHS nurses were subjected to attacks by protesters as they threw rocks. Filipino nurses on their way to an emergency hospital shift were unexpectedly caught up in the chaos as rioters set a …

The new government has only been in power for five minutes but they need to urgently halt the sale of our 500-year-old institution for £3.5bn to Czech tycoon who made his billions flogging Russian gas Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has bid £3.5bn for Royal Mail ( Image: AFP via Getty …

A Tory candidate who was defeated by just 15 votes is considering taking legal action over alleged postal vote chaos in his constituency. Ameet Jogia, who was defeated by his Labour rival in the north London constituency of Hendon, may launch a judicial review against Barnet Council. Mr Jogia, a …

Postal vote delays are being “urgently” investigated following concerns of late ballots raised in at least 91 constituencies, The Telegraph revealed on Monday. Royal Mail has faced backlash for failing to deliver some ballots in time for the general election today, leaving voters at risk of not being able to …

It’s gone like a flash but we are well past the half-way point of 2024 – and we have the new laws and changes to prove it. New legislation has come in around issues like pet abduction and landlord reforms and is now in force. Many of the changes are …