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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered the biggest Budget since the Covid crisis emerged, with almost every single person in the UK set to be affected by today's announcements. New changes will affect up to six million Universal Credit claimants, homeowners, first time buyers, and even apprentices with a £126m pledge to get 40,000 more young people on job schemes over the next 12 months. Elsewhere, there are new tax thresholds and minimum wage rates coming into force in the new tax year. One of the biggest announcements for workers, however, is the extension of furlough, which will carry millions of people through to the end of the year. The scheme - which pays 80% of employees' wages for the hours they cannot work in the pandemic - has been extended until September. Find out how the Budget affects you below with our calculator Around 4.5million people are still on the job retentions scheme. Young and lower-paid people have been among the most likely to have been … [Read more...] about Budget 2021 tax calculator – find out exactly how much better or worse off you will be

With thousands of pubs closed for good and many more on the brink due to the pandemic the industry faces a bleak future unless Rishi Sunak steps in with a rescue plan, landlords warn. And the Daily Mirror is demanding the Chancellor uses today's Budget to deliver a lifeline to the nation’s much-loved locals. Mr Sunak is expected to announce a range of measures he claims will help boozers - including extending VAT cuts until the summer. But landlords warn they do not go far enough and will not allow pubs to build up profits lost after months of closures, putting jobs and livelihoods at risk. It comes as a report found nearly 12,000 licenced premises have shut for ever since December 2019. Mr Sunak recently boasted: “It’s because I care about that industry and the people who work in it that I want to try to do what I can for those jobs. They should feel reassured they remain uppermost in my mind.” But landlords now want him to turn those words into action. What is your … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak urged to save Britain’s pubs as figures show one closes every hour

THE incredible London mansion rented by Rihanna for two-and-a-half years has had £4.5m slashed off its asking price after failing to sell. In September, we reported the enviable property in St John's Wood, which the singer rented for £18,000 a week, was put on the market for a whopping £32m. However, the price of the eight-bed home is now available to buy at the reduced price of £27.5m. The property is a dream buy for those who have followed Rihanna's career since the beginning - as the furniture she used during her stay is included. The gated home comes with a carriage driveway with parking for up to ten cars, a gym, an infra-red sauna, and two whole floors for entertaining. The five-storey property, which features landscaped grounds, also boasts underfloor heating and even a lift for guests. Rihanna , 33, employed security guards, a private chef and a housekeeper during her stay, The Times reported. The lucky buyer will have easy access to shops along the … [Read more...] about Inside Rihanna’s £32m London mansion as the price is slashed by £4.5m after it fails to sell

The Tefen Industrial Park is located in northern Israel, a half-day trip from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem . The last part of the journey is a winding drive up a narrow mountain road. Yet, every year, hundreds of people, including visitors from Germany, have made the journey to visit the German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum, also known as the Jeckes Museum. Exhibits include books by the German philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, the poet Heinrich Heine and the Czech writer Franz Kafka, as well as medals that German Jews had received as honors in World War I. The museum also features a corrugated iron hut inhabited at one point by the Schatzmann family, who came to Israel from Berlin in the 1930s, finding refuge in the coastal town of Nahariya. They went from living a comfortable middle-class existence to inhabiting emergency accommodation without a toilet and only a tiny shower. The heat would have also have taken its toll on the family. "There was, of course, no air conditioning as we … [Read more...] about Israel’s museum of German-Jewish heritage facing closure

Anti-vaccination books are being sold on Amazon and the websites of Waterstones and Foyles - amid calls for warnings on items to combat the spread of misinformation. Top-selling books on Amazon include Anyone Who Tells You Vaccines Are Safe And Effective Is Lying, and Vaccine-nation: Poisoning The Population, One Shot At A Time. The number of customer reviews and ratings on books like these show there has been a big increase in purchases since the pandemic began. Sky News also found Amazon, Waterstones and Foyles are selling texts that spread other medical misinformation - from conspiracies around the coronavirus to denying that AIDS is a contagious disease. In the UK, more than 20 million vaccine doses have been administered as part of efforts to defeat COVID-19 , but worries continue that misinformation is stopping some people from having the jab. Advertisement Shadow health minister Alex Norris told Sky News: "Getting our population … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Waterstone’s and Amazon urged to add warning tags as anti-vaccination book sales surge