Day: April 10, 2016

    The SNP has said David Cameron's Cabinet should follow in his steps and publish any links they have with tax havens. Angus Robertson, Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party, told Sky's Murnaghan programme: "We have heard absolutely nothing about other members of the Cabinet. "Where is the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne? Has he made a declaration that he has never ever benefited from offshore trusts? "What about other Treasury ministers? Have they ever benefited from offshore trusts? "I think the publishing of the tax returns by the Prime Minister is welcome, but it doesn't answer these wider questions and it is something that this week they are not going to get away from. "If the Prime Minister doesn't make a statement to Parliament tomorrow the SNP ...

    Geordie lasses top a shameful league table of Britain’s most drunk women. They have been punished with more £80 on-the-spot fines for nuisance public boozing than females in any other region, police figures uncovered by the Sunday People reveal. An alarming total of 4,629 were dished out by Northumbria Police, which patrols Newcastle, in six years. Second worst-hit was Lancashire, which includes the hen party mecca Blackpool, with 3,596 of the fines. In third place with 3,410 of the cash penalties was Merseyside, where Liverpool city centre’s array of bars and clubs lures thousands of party girls every weekend. All top three regions were well ahead of fourth-placed London, despite having far smaller populations than the capital. The rise in anti-social drunkenness by young...

    David Cameron stands to avoid up to £80,000 in inheritance tax after his mother gave him £200,000 following the death of his father, it emerged on Saturday, as the Prime Minister took the unprecedented step of publishing details of his tax returns. Under current tax rules, Mr Cameron would be able to legitimately avoid paying inheritance tax, which could be as much as 40 per cent, if his 82-year-old mother Mary lives for another two years. The approach is commonly used by tens of thousands of families a year to help reduce their tax liabilities by using a “lifetime gift”. However, a Downing Street source was unable to say whether the money from Mrs Cameron came from his father’s offshore investments. A Downing Street source last night said that Mrs Cameron's decision to gi...