CASH-POOR pensioners sitting on valuable family homes could be plunged into a debt spiral under Rachel Reeves’ new “mansion tax” plans. Reeves unveiled the levy in Wednesday’s Budget, targeting homes worth more than £2million. Sign up for the Money newsletter Thank you! To stop grannies being forced to sell up, …
Read More »Taxpayers face eye-watering bill for selling redundant property bought to make way for cancelled section of HS2
Work continues on the HS2 high speed railway construction site on Curzon Street in Birmingham, Britain, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleCredit: Reuters TAXPAYERS are facing a £10.2million bill for selling redundant property bought to make way for the cancelled northern section of HS2. The cash will go on legal and …
Read More »Sen. Mitt Romney proposes bill to fight sending opioids, fentanyl through mail
SALT LAKE CITY — Drug traffickers often use the post office and private shipping companies to send opioids, including fentanyl, to people across the country. Now, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., have introduced a bill to curtail the circulation of illicit drugs through the mail. The …
Read More »Workers at Merlins Bridge Royal Mail delivery office staged a walk out
POSTAL workers in Haverfordwest walked out of work yesterday, following a dispute with a manager. The walkout took place yesterday morning, Tuesday, July 30, with Royal Mail workers in their uniforms and orange hi-visibility vests stood outside the gates of the Haverfordwest delivery office in Merlins Bridge. A spokesman for …
Read More »MP steps in to ask Royal Mail to provide post box
RESIDENTS in a small village near Llandysul campaigning to have a post box installed have received the backing of their local MP. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards has written to the Royal Mail to request a site meeting on behalf of the residents of Trewern, Saron. In March, …
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