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thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
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thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
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thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
Robberies and snatch thefts doubled in the latest year of statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. So, based on initial data, there is a case that increased contactless limits may have already contributed to a rise in acquisitive crime. What would happen, then, if the limits were removed? Each debit or credit card would become a massively more attractive crime target.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Louisa Clarence-Smith |Frederica Miller
Elon Musk’s ascendancy within Donald Trump’s circle has driven hordes of anti-Republicans, publishers and public figures from his social media platform X to rival apps. One of the biggest beneficiaries of dissatisfied X users has been Bluesky, which has added more than a million users since the US presidential election on November 5. As of November 19, it had 20 million accounts up from 16 million before the weekend.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Louisa Clarence-Smith |Frederica Miller
Elon Musk’s ascendancy within Donald Trump’s circle has driven hordes of anti-Republicans from his social media platform X to rival apps. One of the biggest beneficiaries of dissatisfied X users has been Bluesky, which has added more than a million users since the US presidential election on November 5. The social network spun out of X, then called Twitter, two years ago, offers a similar interface to X, whereby users can post short messages to their followers. Users can repost or like a post.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Andrew Ellson |Frederica Miller
Labour struggled to define “working people” before the budget, after it promised not to raise tax on those who “work for their income”. Ministers struggled to explain exactly who should and shouldn’t expect to be protected by the commitment, with the phrase apparently encompassing a range of people from “strivers” to anyone “failed” by the Conservatives.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
Rachel Reeves is said to be considering overhauling inheritance tax (IHT) as she aims to plug the black hole in the public finances. We seek opposing views on whether it would be better to tax individual beneficiaries, instead of an estate as a whole. Molly Broome, an economist at The Resolution Foundation, a think tank The chancellor is looking for revenue raisers in her upcoming budget and reforming IHT is a good place to start. It is riddled with loopholes that make it too easy to avoid.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Frederica Miller
Equity release loans are a way for homeowners over 55 to unlock some of the value in their home without having to move out. The money is typically repaid when you die or move into long-term care, so should relatives who stand to inherit get a say? We seek opposing views. Baroness Altmann, a former pensions minister and campaignerEquity release can seem tempting, like having one’s cake and eating some too.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Bradley Jolly |Frederica Miller
Princess Kate usually takes her own photographs of her family - including Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - to help keep the paparazzi at a distance, an expert said. Princess of Wales, 42, has over the years snapped images of her children to mark milestones, such as birthdays, and ffans have praised her work. She has a keen interest in photography anyway but royal commentators believe Kate deliberately often does her family's imagery.
