HMRC has stepped up its campaign to expand the scope of ‘confectionery’ under VAT law – and the courts are backing them.
What began as isolated disputes over niche items is now reshaping how cakes, baked goods and sweet snacks are treated ...
Friday Feature: School of Hope
Colleen Hroncich When Amy Sparks and her husband opened School of Hope in Fayetteville, NC, they were doing more than ...
Trump’s crypto wallet rebounds 36% in Q3, but remains 70% down in 2025
Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency portfolio posted a rare rebound in Q3 2025, climbing 36.6% in value to $3.1 million, according to ...
Government’s Eternal Hunger for a Free Lunch
Through its coercive monopoly over money creation, government constantly engages in silent theft through inflation, all done in the name ...
Jefferson’s War on the Barbary Pirates Is an Unjustified Password for Military Intervention
Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that ...
‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women over £65,000 by time first child turns five, ONS finds
Women in England face a dramatic and long-lasting earnings hit after having children, with the average mother losing over £65,000 ...
Mone hits back at Kemi Badenoch in scathing letter: “what exactly have I done wrong?”
Baroness Michelle Mone has launched a blistering attack on Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, accusing her of “inflammatory language”, “reckless public ...
Healsgood AI raises £2.5m to scale NHS cost-saving platform Flexzo AI, bringing seed funding to £5m
Healsgood AI, the healthtech behind Flexzo AI, has secured an additional £2.5 million in seed funding from Octopus Ventures, taking ...
UK firms hit record levels of late invoice payments, leaving SMEs £109bn out of pocket
More than £100 billion in overdue invoices were logged by UK companies in the first nine months of 2025, as ...
Revoking IEEPA Tariffs Will Not “Lead to Financial Ruin”
Romina Boccia The Trump administration has argued, in ongoing litigation, that revoking certain tariff authority would have “catastrophic consequences” and ...
