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Labour denies claim it is planning another windfall tax to pay for its £28billion green spending spree if it wins the next election

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By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 14:06 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 14:06 GMT, 15 December 2023 Labour today denied claims it is will introduce a new windfall tax to fund its green spending plans if it wins the next election.  Reports suggested that the party was looking at another punitive … Read more

SNP goes into meltdown over Humza Yousaf’s plan for new tax band to fill £1.5bn chasm in Scottish government’s finances – with warnings it could spark an exodus of workers

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Humza Yousaf is facing an SNP meltdown over his plan to hike taxes to fill a huge £1.5billion hole in the Scottish government’s finances. The separatists are poised to use next week’s Budget to introduce a 44 per cent band north of the border from April. It could be applied to Scots’ earnings between around … Read more

Is this Britain’s worst parking company? Holidaymakers slam ‘awful’ Heathrow Airport firm saying they suffered ‘nightmare’ customer service, were left abandoned at terminals and had their cars returned looking ‘filthy’

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Motorists have slammed an ‘awful’ parking firm based near London Heathrow Airport – claiming they were never picked up and suffered a ‘nightmare’ service, thanks to ‘rude staff’ who returned their cars looking ‘filthy’. The company, Deals4Parking.co.uk, which is based just 700 yards away from the airport’s north runway, has a Trustpilot rating of just … Read more

Teacher heading for the naughty list after falsely telling a class of ten-year-old children that Father Christmas did not exist

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Hill View Primary School in Dorset issued an apology on Wednesday The teacher in question will not be returning to the school  By Lettice Bromovsky Published: 10:22 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 10:56 GMT, 15 December 2023 A school has been forced to apologise to parents after a teacher falsely told her class that … Read more

One million households face council tax hikes of up to 15% after Bradford and Cheshire East became latest town halls to warn they are at risk of going bust

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By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:53 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 10:54 GMT, 15 December 2023 A million households in the north of England face massive increases in council tax after two more local authorities warned they are on the verge of going bust.  Labour-run Bradford City and Cheshire East … Read more

Lisa Wilkinson’s defamation trial evidence: Brittany Higgins’ brutal four-word response to her own mother after she accused her of being more interested in speaking to Lisa Wilkinson than her family

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Lisa Wilkinson finished her cross-examination on Friday afternoon by fighting to add a few more words into the formal transcript – despite fierce objections by her own lawyer. She had been telling the Federal Court about her relationship with Brittany Higgins’ fiancé, David Sharaz, in January 2021, when she asked: ‘Can I just add a … Read more

Young woman calls out illegal act by city cabbies in Australia: ‘You have to take me where I need to go – that’s the law’

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A woman has slammed cabbies in Sydney for ‘ripping off’ passengers after she was told she would need to fork out $95 to get home from a night out in the city.  Carla Efstratiou, a social media commentator who runs popular website ‘Go Woke Go Broke’ decided to catch a taxi from the city to … Read more

Facebook diversity manager admits to stealing more than $4 million to fund her lavish lifestyle – including more than $18,000 to a preschool for tuition

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Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from Facebook The former global diversity executive used her position to make fraudulent charges and receive kickbacks from the payments By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com Published: 21:43 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 13 December 2023 A former global diversity executive at Facebook has … Read more

Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial live updates: Lisa Wilkinson’s ‘explosive’ texts about Brittany Higgins’ The Project interview – and her planning lunch on her exclusive boat – are revealed

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Network Ten producer Angus Llewellyn was called back to the witness stand on Wednesday morning to continue his cross-examination. Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister, Matthew Richardson SC, asked him about a portion of a recorded meeting he and Lisa Wilkinson had with Brittany Higgins and her boyfriend about three weeks before her rape allegations were aired. During … Read more

Professionals real estate company forced into grovelling apology after Taylors Lakes office sent an ominous email to tenants about paying their rent during Christmas ‘eviction season’

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By Pranav Harish For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:57 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 00:57 GMT, 13 December 2023 A major real estate agency has been forced to apologise for warning renters they will be kicked out if they don’t pay their rent on time during the Christmas period.  Professionals Taylors Lakes sent out an ominous … Read more