No U-turn says Welsh secretary

No U-turn says Welsh secretary

Getty Images Jo Stevens says most people do not have “anywhere near” £1m in assets when they die Plans to scrap an inheritance tax exemption for farms worth more the £1m will not be reversed, even though “some farmers in Wales won’t be happy”, the Welsh secretary said. Jo Stevens defended the new tax on…

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Crowdsourced voter fraud claims flood social media before US election

Crowdsourced voter fraud claims flood social media before US election

Getty Images Rumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers in advance of the US election. Hundreds of incidents involving purported voting irregularities are being collected and spread by individuals, as well as both independent and Republican-affiliated groups. A small number of posts are also coming…

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Do We Measure Success Correctly?

Do We Measure Success Correctly?

“That man is really successful.” We usually say this to mean that he has a lot of money, or a fancy car, or a house. We do not usually call a boy in the street cleaning shoes successful, do we? We do not usually say that someone living in a tiny flat in London has made…

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‘Flight to nowhere’: British Airways plane returns back to London after 9 hours

‘Flight to nowhere’: British Airways plane returns back to London after 9 hours

A British Airways aircraft returned back to London after a nine-hour flight after facing technical issues, according to Business Insider. The total distance covered during this journey was approximately 4,000 miles.The Boeing 777 departed from London approximately 30 minutes behind schedule on Tuesday morning for San José, Costa Rica and made an abrupt an abrupt…

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