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McDonald’s will slash prices on Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and Happy Meals from TODAY after Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts VAT to 5% Chicken McNuggets, Happy Meals, and The Quarter Pounder to have price cut McDonald’s had recommended franchisees reduce the prices on menu items Comes after Rishi Sunak announced cut in VAT for hospitality and tourism … Read more
McDonald’s will slash prices on Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and Happy Meals from TOMORROW after Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts VAT to 5% Chicken McNuggets, Happy Meals, and The Quarter Pounder to have price cut McDonald’s had recommended franchisees reduce the prices on menu items Comes after Rishi Sunak announced cut in VAT for hospitality and tourism … Read more
Chef sues House of Commons for £300k over ‘racist’ cartoon depicting him boiling in a vat of hot oil Chef Kevin Connor is suing House of Commons for £300,000 in a racism claim Mr Connor, 53, was allegedly handed a cartoon of himself in a pan of boiling oil He said he felt humiliated by image … Read more
Maps that chart the Spanish Armada’s defeat are blocked from leaving Britain in bid to find buyer to stump up £600,000 Maps are believed to have been drawn immediately after the decisive battle in 1588 that stopped the Spanish Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest placed export … Read more
A firm boasted it could win a gong for a celebrity author for £80,000, the Daily Mail reveals. Leaked emails expose a cynical offer to help Barbara Taylor Bradford become a dame by getting direct feedback from ‘the people that matter’. The brazen messages stated: ‘Basically our fee is 80K plus VAT… we bill half … Read more
No Chancellor in modern times has faced the looming horror of mass unemployment that scarred this country and the world economy in the 1930s. But this is precisely what Rishi Sunak’s unprecedented measures yesterday were designed to stave off. As what has been called the ‘first phase’ of the pandemic comes to an end, the … Read more
While the Prime Minister has urged those hitting the pubs to be sensible, he is hoping that people are not so cautious with their wallets. Figures released in late June showed that the UK discovered its economy had contracted in April by the largest percentage in recorded history. A few days later, non-essential shops reopened … Read more
Fuller’s boss urges Chancellor to cut VAT to prevent thousands of job losses across hospitality industry By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 3 July 2020 Fuller’s boss has urged the Chancellor to cut VAT to prevent thousands of job losses across the hospitality industry. … Read more
Sir Paul McCartney warns live music is in peril as 1,500 acts – including The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay – sign a letter urging the government to save the industry Published: 23:04 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 1 July 2020 Sir Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Ed Sheeran are … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Cut in VAT would have popular appeal and send a strong message of support to troubled parts of the economy – just the ticket Rishi Sunak is understood to have cooled on the idea of reducing VAT Two former Chancellors, Sajid Javid and Alistair Darling, have come out for a cut By Ruth … Read more