Mansion tax will have to start at £1.25m, capturing 140,000 homes, to raise promised amount
The Knight Frank report, entitled Taxing High Value Homes, shows that a mansion tax on homes worth £2 million or…
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Day of the remains: after Richard III was recovered, who owns your corpse?
It wasn’t surprising that there was a huge amount of press coverage when archaeologists at Leicester University uncovered Richard III’s…
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Farmland starts to hit Mayfair prices
The report, from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, has found that since 2004 farmland has risen to around £7,441…
ByWhen a super-basement turns out to be a super-pain
When is enough enough? The recent reports that a hedge funder is spending £4 million building a subterranean complex in…
ByWhat’s the best way to give to the Syrian refugee crisis?
As the civil war in Syria becomes more acute, so too does the refugee crisis in neighbouring countries. Since the…
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STEP: Julius Baer data thief sentenced to jail
Lutz Otte sold the account information to the German tax authorities for EUR1.1 million in order to pay his own…
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The bonus gender gap reveals that top companies still don’t recognise equal pay for equal work
Women in senior management are being paid bonuses that are only half those of men in identical positions, a survey…
ByThe future of gold
Demand from governments and private investors for gold and other commodities suggests that, contrary to popular opinion, the latest super-cycle…
ByAfter Saatchi and Lawson, we uncover the truth about domestic violence among the wealthy
BLACK AND BLUE AND GOLD ‘What you’re seeking is the nurturing and the love following the violence. If you’re willing…
ByThe three reasons bankers fire their clients
IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU! The credit crunch and regulatory reform have made the lives of private bankers more complicated…
ByThe solution to chilly English country houses
‘A Norwegian recently told me he had never felt cold in his life until he came to live in a…
ByFrom William Cash: As a possible victim of phone-hacking, I'm disappointed to see Mishcon de Reya singled out
I have very good reason to believe that my own phone may have been hacked back in July 2010 when…
ByBoris Berezovsky’s will: Unravelling an estate as complex and contested as his life
Poor old Boris Berezovsky isn’t even having an easy time of it in death, with his will now shrouded in…
BySTEP: Couple committing ‘financial suicide’ by prolonging divorce
A senior family court judge has warned an international couple against dissipating their assets in legal costs, at a hearing…
ByHas the significance of Yasmin Prest’s divorce battle victory been overplayed?
The case of Petrodel v Prest has pitted family lawyers against their commercial colleagues. The former have been shouting ‘fairness’…
ByOur Perception of Single Fathers Needs Urgent Change
The role of dad has changed. No longer is he the just the archetypal breadwinner, the mysterious figure who makes…
ByChris Hohn’s top global stock picks
INDEX FINGERED Chris Hohn makes the case for stable, consistent, inflation-beating long-term returns in global equities There are not many…
ByShort-termism is damaging your investment returns
SHORT-CIRCUITING The conflict between long-term business strategies and fund managers’ desperation for a quick fix leaves markets in flux and…
ByJeremy Grantham on why we need to worry about natural resources running out
CITY SLICKER Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham on why you should worry more about oil wells running dry and growing resource…
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We need a proper debate about our planning system
LOOSE CHANGE ‘Can you imagine the outcry if we looked at our countryside without the railway system and somebody suggested…
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