The Telegraph

Labour tax grab causes ‘surprising consequences’ for working families

Why Labour’s stamp duty raid shouldn’t derail your second home plans 🏡 The reasons people own multiple properties vary - a holiday escape, an investment, a past primary residence or a blend of them all. Recent Budget changes include that Stamp Duty Land Tax for additional properties is now 5%, a cost you need to factor in whether you're buying or selling. If you’re thinking about buying or selling a second property, my latest piece in The Telegraph shares some tips and ticks for navigating this - from assessing long term value to optimising your sales strategy. 📊 Linked in the comments below.

In my latest for The Telegraph, I find our how comedian Bill Bailey turned his dated 1960s kitchen into a dreamy space fit for modern living. Thanks for the commission, Jessica Doyle https://lnkd.in/eExqnvTB

If a strange man were to appear outside our home two days before Christmas carrying a bag filled with all his worldly possessions in one hand, a frozen chicken in the other, and wearing a crooked smile that said, “Please, let me in,” most of us would make our excuses and shut the door. The versions of ourselves that exist only in our minds are more open and giving than this. We are the sort of people who buy a sandwich for the homeless person outside the station, who give a percentage of our earnings away to good causes, who donate our old winter coats to Shelter. But if we are really honest, there is a limit to our kindness, a cap on our goodwill. Our charity tends to end at the front door. Not so for Rob and Dianne Parsons. Find out more below 👇 https://lnkd.in/ekaqwB9A

A cheap hurricane season bolsters the thesis for this insurer

Outpouring of praise for Erginbilgiç‘s achievements may have obscured some deeper structural problems

🗣️ 'Freedom of speech is important, even if what you're listening to makes you uncomfortable' William Hague, former Tory leader and foreign secretary, is running for election again - this time to become chancellor of Oxford University. He joins Kamal and Gordon in the studio to explain his concerns about freedom of speech on campuses, how he would advise Starmer to deal with Trump, and why he would vote against the assisted dying bill. 🎧Listen to The Daily T here: https://lnkd.in/e6vHir2E

Bernard Arnault’s French newspapers claim they are due payment from social media site

🇮🇪 Irish PM suffers Theresa May moment on campaign trail Simon Harris, who has called a snap election for Nov 29, adopted “new energy” as his motto since taking over the leadership of the Fine Gael party, and Ireland, in April. On Monday in Dublin, he launched his centre-Right party’s new housing policy aimed at dealing with the crisis in affordable accommodation from behind a podium carrying the slogan. Find out more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/etAvGqcj #Ireland | #SimonHarris | #TheresaMay | #Politics

In today's The Telegraph - should I take statins for "high cholesterol"? Should you? Excellent advice here from top professors Amitava Banerjee Gareth Morris-Stiff Robin Choudhury (who I can't tag, for some reason)