No 10 hands mayors more cash in business rates and income tax take

Daily Mail - Oct 28, 2026

Regional mayors will be handed more cash with plans to give them a slice of income tax and business rates, the Chancellor announced yesterday.

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Tommy Robinson found guilty of harassing Daily Mail journalists after jurors heard he used 'bully-boy tactics' to intimidate reporters who exposed his UK riots shame

Robinson, 43, is facing a possible jail sentence after jurors convicting him of harassing two Daily Mail reporters after they exposed him stirring up tensions in the UK while on holiday in Cyprus.

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Chancellor spares smokers and vapers from fresh tax hikes in Budget weeks after inflation-busting duty rise - as vape shops lose business rates relief

The announcement comes hot on the heels of a hike in tobacco taxes and the imposition of a dedicated Vaping Products Duty on October 1.

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Short of starting his speech by declaring 'This is the Budget for a May 2027 election', I'm not sure how much clearer John Healey could have been on what the Government's real plan is: DAN HODGES

It is indeed a significant moment. Because John Healey's cautious economic incrementalism signals more clearly than ever that we are heading for a snap election in 2027.

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Airbnb announces major change to guest rules from November 20

Airbnb guests will no longer be asked to do things like washing up before they leave or stripping the bed

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Carry on claiming: welfare spending £5 billion a year higher than expected

Welfare spending will be £5billion a year higher than expected after John Healey failed to set out a plan to slash benefits in his Budget.

Oct 28, 2026

House with incredible underground network of passages and rooms dug by engineer and his children as fun family project sells for £375,000

Tony Deane, a civil engineer, spent two decades digging the network by hand across more than 1,300 square feet of subterranean space.

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King Charles inspects guard of honour before throwing himself into carnival spirit in the Bahamas

King Charles has a packed programme of engagements from morning to evening, the highlight of which will be a traditional and highly colourful 'junkanoo' parade through Nassau.

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Jurors shown 'depressingly awful and sordid' videos of three masked men allegedly raping 'snoring' mother-of-three after being invited to by her husband

Joanne Young, 49, told how her husband Philip Young admitted he had been on an online forum and 'invited someone round the house to watch us have sex'.

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No 10 hands mayors more cash in business rates and income tax take

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Tommy Robinson found guilty of harassing Daily Mail journalists after jurors heard he used 'bully-boy tactics' to intimidate reporters who exposed his UK riots shame

Chancellor spares smokers and vapers from fresh tax hikes in Budget weeks after inflation-busting duty rise - as vape shops lose business rates relief

Short of starting his speech by declaring 'This is the Budget for a May 2027 election', I'm not sure how much clearer John Healey could have been on what the Government's real plan is: DAN HODGES

Airbnb announces major change to guest rules from November 20

Carry on claiming: welfare spending £5 billion a year higher than expected

House with incredible underground network of passages and rooms dug by engineer and his children as fun family project sells for £375,000

King Charles inspects guard of honour before throwing himself into carnival spirit in the Bahamas

Jurors shown 'depressingly awful and sordid' videos of three masked men allegedly raping 'snoring' mother-of-three after being invited to by her husband

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