Harry Brennan

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Victims of NHS blunders face six-figure compensation cuts

Mar 13, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Harry Brennan

Mothers whose babies are left brain damaged as a result of medical errors at birth face being paid hundreds of thousands less in compensation. The Government is under pressure to save money for the NHS and reform the rules which govern how much is paid out to victims of life-changing accidents that are not their fault.
Hospital parking charges could fall after taxman loses landmark VAT case

Mar 2, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Searles |Harry Brennan

Hospital parking charges could be cut after the taxman lost a VAT legal battle against an NHS trust in a potentially landmark ruling. HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) has been ordered to pay £267,443 in wrongly claimed value added tax back to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust following a ruling in the Court of Appeal. The decision could have wide-ranging ramifications with 50 similar appeals by NHS bodies set to follow, worth approximately £70 million, the Telegraph understands.
Squirrels chemically castrated and deer cull meat served in prisons under net zero plans

Feb 18, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Harry Brennan |Noah Eastwood

Squirrels will be chemically castrated and deer will be culled, cooked up and served to prisoners under net zero plans to protect England’s trees. The Government is drawing up options to control the deer and squirrel population to protect woodlands in an effort to limit the nation’s carbon output and protect native species.
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis - and I'm feeling pretty smug

Dec 8, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Harry Brennan

Just two years ago borrowing was effectively free. I, and thousands like me, bought a house at a time when central interest rates were at their lowest levels on record – just 0.1pc. It meant I could borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds and pay just 1.3pc in interest on the loan. But fast forward to today and average mortgage costs are close to six times this level.
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis - and I'm feeling pretty smug

Dec 8, 2023 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Harry Brennan

Just two years ago borrowing was effectively free. I, and thousands like me, bought a house at a time when central interest rates were at their lowest levels on record – just 0.1pc. It meant I could borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds and pay just 1.3pc in interest on the loan. But fast forward to today and average mortgage costs are close to six times this level.
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis - and I'm feeling pretty smug

Dec 8, 2023 | ca.style.yahoo.com | Harry Brennan

residential streetJust two years ago borrowing was effectively free. I, and thousands like me, bought a house at a time when central interest rates were at their lowest levels on record – just 0.1pc. It meant I could borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds and pay just 1.3pc in interest on the loan. But fast forward to today and average mortgage costs are close to six times this level.
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis - and I'm feeling pretty smug

Dec 8, 2023 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Harry Brennan

Just two years ago borrowing was effectively free. I, and thousands like me, bought a house at a time when central interest rates were at their lowest levels on record – just 0.1pc. It meant I could borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds and pay just 1.3pc in interest on the loan. But fast forward to today and average mortgage costs are close to six times this level.
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis - and I'm feeling pretty smug

Dec 8, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Harry Brennan

Just two years ago borrowing was effectively free. I, and thousands like me, bought a house at a time when central interest rates were at their lowest levels on record – just 0.1pc. It meant I could borrow hundreds of thousands of pounds and pay just 1.3pc in interest on the loan. But fast forward to today and average mortgage costs are close to six times this level.
Families pay three times more on bills than 30 years ago

Sep 15, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Harry Brennan

Gen Z and millennials spend almost twice as much as baby boomers every day, analysis suggests. Families today pay three times more on bills than they did 30 years ago, according to a report. In 1993, the average householder paying for either rent or a mortgage, alongside electricity, gas, telephone, TV licence and car insurance would spend £382.39. Adjusted for inflation, this is £570 less than what consumers are paying for basic bills now.
Thousands of HMRC staff are not going into the office at all

Sep 13, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Harry Brennan |Noah Eastwood

Thousands of HM Revenue and Customs staff are routinely failing to show up to the office even for one day a week as customer service falls to “unacceptable levels”. As many as two in five workers at regional HMRC centres did not go into the office at all in the year to March, figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws show. It is the latest evidence of civil servants increasingly shunning the office to work remotely.