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  QUESTION: Were farmers the only business group adversely affected by the budget? ANSWER: Farmers have been seriously affected by the budget with their farms now subject to inheritance tax (IHT) where previously they were completely exempt. The National Farmers Union has been lobbying strongly against the proposed IHT measures which take effect from April 2026. However the IHT budget change affects all business and not just farmers, because both agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR), have been reduced to 50% (from 100%), after a new exemption of £1 million. The reduction in BPR to 50% will…

An Australian police officer found guilty of manslaughter after shocking a 95-year-old woman with a Taser in a nursing home has been sacked, New South Wales (NSW) Police confirmed.

A view of Natre-Dame on December 1, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics and the sealing-off to tourists of the cathedral’s island location in the heart of the French capital. After more than five years of reconstruction following the fire that devastated Notre Dame in 2019, invite-only ceremonies on Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8, will usher in its rebirth. Read more Inside Notre-Dame: The first images of the cathedral post-reconstruction Paris…

Pedro Sánchez inaugurated this Monday a new PSOE executive with the general, regional and municipal elections of 2027 between eyebrows and the first relevant organic movements after the party congress, held last weekend in Seville, in the Madrid federation with a purpose: to resolve this week the election of Óscar López as general secretary and, according to an unwritten rule, as the next candidate for the presidency of the Community of Madrid, after the resignation last week of Juan Lobato. It will be a lightning operation: the minister for Digital Transformation and Public Service, appointed to the position in September…

The person in charge of the Generalitat for the recovery after DANA assures that his department is “a state of administrative exception” Read The military vice president Gan Pampols separates himself from Mazón: he leaves his continuity in the air until the end of the legislature and avoids criticizing the Government

At Hart aber Fair, Ricarda Lang and Dorothee Bär discuss the increased violence against women – they shake hands on several points. The show is comprehensive, but it doesn’t manage to provide adequate depth when it comes to topics like prostitution. And above all, one thing is missing: a male politician.It’s a topic that women are reluctant to talk about in public. This is how presenter Louis Klamroth opens his show. They would expect too much hostility online afterwards. Violence against women continues to rise every year: last year, 360 women and girls were victims of femicide, and every three…

With a savings plan based on the MSCI World Index, investing in stocks is child’s play. But doubts about the world stock index are growing. Here you will find the best alternatives. ETF savings plan: Which alternatives to the MSCI World Index are recommended?

As French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for Lebanon to hold fresh presidential elections in the wake of a shaky ceasefire between Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Live: France’s Macron, Saudi Crown Prince call for new Lebanese elections

From green to grey. Every second 2.3 square meters of Italy lose color. 20 hectares per day are fading. In all of 2023, 72.5 square kilometers went from looking natural to the drab shade of concrete. The march of roads, roofs, car parks, construction sites and warehouses has proceeded inexorably since, in 2006, Ispra began regular monitoring of land consumption in Italy. Two square meters disappeared per second, Italy devoured by concrete https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/03/news/ispra_consumo_suolo_popolazione-423805716/?rss

Major Asian chip stocks outside of China rose Tuesday, shrugging off a new round of U.S. semiconductor export curbs on Beijing aimed at impairing the country’s capability to produce certain high-end chips.