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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Businessman who did what he could to revitalise British shipbuilding and motor manufacturing in the 1980s before returning to his native Canada

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Windfall tax on banks could recoup QE losses and raise £8bn a year, IPPR says

Hiking a levy on the profits of major firms could raise up to £8 billion a year for public services, the IPPR said.

The Independent UK

Windfall tax on banks could raise £8bn a year, Rachel Reeves told as she seeks to plug Budget black hole

This money is then partly being funnelled to bank shareholders due to a ‘flawed’ policy design, a new report says

The Independent UK

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Treasury should tax big banks on quantitative easing windfalls, argues thinktank

IPPR says Rachel Reeves should also urge Bank to halt bond sales to reduce government losses of £22bn a year

The Guardian - UK

Anarchy in the UK – courtesy of Thatcher

Brief letters: Money for punks | Dinner with Ed Davey | Hooray for Taytay | Publicity overkill | Palatine party

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Is Rachel Reeves about to overhaul the dreaded council tax?

In today’s newsletter: The local tax remains based on property values from 1991. Now, with services stretched, ministers face the near-impossible task of rewriting the rules

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Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?

Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

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Inspirational Quotes: Margaret Thatcher, Alexander The Great And Others

Read inspirational quotes about the role of powerful leadership, the need to persist during hardship and setting goals.

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$Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society$

Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society

A new report details the damage. This was an ideological ploy from which we have yet to recover, says LSE’s David Madden

The Guardian - UK

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’

Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’

The Guardian - UK

Politicians attend funeral of ‘inspiring leader’ Norman Tebbit

Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit, who was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies, died on July 7 aged 94.

The Independent UK

Funeral to be held for ‘icon in British politics’ Norman Tebbit

His life will be remembered during a service at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

Evening Standard

Starmer shows no guts or compassion on Gaza

Letters: Readers respond to articles on the starvation of the Palestinian people by Israel

The Guardian - UK

Dale Vince calls for Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry

Ecotricity founder was part of new-age convoy heading to Stonehenge in 1985 when more than 500 people were arrested

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The Conversation

Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up

“We’re actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse.” This was the dire warning from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, in setting out his party’s goal of halving crime.

The Guardian - UK

Police behaviour at protests not changed since Orgreave, say activists

Supporters of newly announced inquiry into 1984-85 miners’ strike warn of more injustices by ‘agents of the state’

The Independent UK

What happened at the Battle of Orgreave – and why is there an inquiry 40 years laster?

‘The scars can still be felt across the coalfields,’ home secretary Yvette Cooper said

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UK Fears Immigration More Than Inflation or Healthcare

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The Guardian - UK

Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike

Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

The National (Scotland)

Shona Robison makes independence call after 'week of Westminster failure'

A WEEK of evidence has proven independence would deliver the best deal for Scotland, according to Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

The Guardian - UK

Malcolm Dean, creator of the Guardian’s Society pages, dies aged 86

Journalist covered social care, criminal justice and other policy topics in a distinguished career

The Independent UK

Chris Blackhurst answers your questions on wealth tax – from millionaire exodus to Labour’s silence

ASK ME ANYTHING: Business columnist Chris Blackhurst answered readers’ questions on a potential wealth tax in the UK, from fears of a millionaire exodus and offshore loopholes to Labour’s reluctance to commit

The Guardian - UK

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England’s great artificial water crisis of 2025

In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Evening Standard

Swinney accuses Reeves of ‘channelling Thatcher’ with financial reforms

The Scottish First Minister criticised plans set out by the Chancellor in her Mansion House speech on Tuesday night.

The Guardian - UK

The left must learn to take (and make) a joke

Letters: Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot on how rightwing people and parties use humour to promote toxic ideas

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