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Taxing the rich is causing exodus

Britain’s financiers and entrepreneurs are leaving the UK at the rate of 10 a week to avoid the new 50 per cent top tax rate, it has emerged.

Town's last fisherman driven out of business by EU rules

 

There were once so many fishing boats in Great Yarmouth that locals claimed you could walk across the harbour over the decks of the fleet. But now, after years of decline prompted by European Union quotas and environmental concerns over fish stocks, the town's last full-time fisherman has announced he is quitting the industry.

Study reveals impact of immigration on UK faiths

Britain is home to 1.1 million Muslim immigrants, according to a comprehensive study of faith and migration.

COMMENT AND BLOGS FINANCE.

Kamal Ahmed

• A blanket tax is bound to smother enterprise

Liam Halligan

• Labour's dishnonesty is leading us to sovereign default

Tim Breedon

• Insurers can be a catalyst for economic recovery

Tom Stevenson

• The UK is worryingly similar to Greece

ECONOMICS

UK manufacturers' input costs rise at fastest pace in a year

EU presses IMF to consider Tobin tax

Pre-Budget report jitters lead to gilt sell-off

MORTGAGES

Desire to own a home in decline

Still time to avoid stamp duty

Fixed rate mortgages tumble