Green MP Caroline Lucas ‘under investigation for alleged breach of Commons rules’

Green MP Caroline Lucas ‘under investigation for alleged breach of Commons rules after offering tours of Parliament in exchange for money in 2019 general election campaign’ Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, facing probe from standards watchdog  Probe is thought to relate to fundraising efforts ahead of 2019 general election  By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political … Read more

Vanderpump Rules: Jax Taylor vows to remove Tom Sandoval from wedding party over homophobic pastor

Jax Taylor vowed to remove designated best man Tom Sandoval from his wedding party on Tuesday’s episode of Vanderpump Rules. The season eight episode titled It’s Not About The Pastor centered on Jax, 40, and his fiancee Brittany Cartwright, 31, firing the Christian pastor who planned to officiate their wedding due to his homophobic posts … Read more

The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries, from Louisiana swamp tours to post-Brexit passport rules

What is the best Louisiana swamp tour and are dogs allowed on UK trains? The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 10:19 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 10:19 GMT, 15 February 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week passport expiry rules after Brexit … Read more

Maharashtra: Changes in RTI rules delay appointments of information commissioners

Written by Vishwas Waghmode | Mumbai | Published: February 18, 2020 3:22:31 am Data from SIC reveals a total of 56,195 cases, which includes 49,385 appeals and 6,810 complaints, are pending in its seven benches at the end of December. (Representational Image) Right to Information (RTI) rules changed by the central government last year has … Read more

Silicon Valley heads to Europe, nervous about new rules

By: New York Times | London | Published: February 17, 2020 9:57:37 pm Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, is joining in with his own trip to Brussels to meet with officials like Margrethe Vestager, the executive vice president of the European Commission on Monday. First came Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google’s parent company, … Read more

KKR rules out a bid for hospitals provider NMC Health as woes deepen 

Private equity firm KKR rules out a bid for hospitals provider NMC Health as woes deepen By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:08 BST, 11 February 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 11 February 2020 NMC Health has plunged deeper into crisis after a potential suitor denied an interest in the hospitals provider. In … Read more

HSBC makes it easier to get a mortgage on a zero hours contract as bank relaxes application rules

It’s now easier to get a mortgage on a zero hours contract as HSBC becomes the latest lender to relax the rules for those not in full-time work HSBC relaxes its application rules for zero hours contract workers  Applicants will now have to submit less evidence of income and tax paid Bank says this will help … Read more

Inheritance tax rules on gifts ‘should be replaced with single personal allowance’

The confusing array of inheritance tax rules on giveaways to loved ones should be swept away and replaced with a single ‘personal gift allowance’, say Government officials. The ‘seven-year’ rule for large gifts, which means that if you survive the money gradually becomes free of inheritance tax, should be axed in favour of a set … Read more

MPs plan a revolt against rules that hit the pensions of older British citizens living abroad

MPs plan a revolt against rules that hit the pensions of older British citizens living abroad The Government groups certain policies within a single legal bundle  It means pensions are stuck at rates that applied when people left the UK Anne Puckridge moved to Canada in 2001 to be near her daughter and her pension … Read more

Going gets heavy for the big bookmakers: Saddled with tough new rules, are they worth a flutter? 

With Tiger Roll set to go off as the shortest-priced favourite in the Grand National since Red Rum in 1975, bookmakers will take a bashing if the popular Irish horse scoots home for a second straight year. But they face an even bigger challenge away from the track as legislation comes into force. The maximum … Read more