Browsing: Daily UK lead

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak’s multi-millionaire wife claims non-domicile status, it has emerged, which allows her to save millions of pounds in tax on dividends collected from her family’s IT business empire.

The Sun says WORKERS will pay more tax from today as the National Insurance hike officially kicks in.

The Daily Mirror says millions of workers will pay more tax on their earnings from today as higher National Insurance comes into effect to help plug a gap in social care funding.

The Independent says the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said the national insurance rise comes “at the wrong moment” amid the cost-of-living crisis, as the tax hike for millions for workers kicked in.

The Guardian says it was one of the Conservatives’ most controversial cuts: waging war on the UK’s “benefit culture” by restricting social security payments that supposedly enabled “welfare scroungers” to have large families they could ill-afford.

BBC News says the burden of tax falling on workers and employers has increased as a hotly-debated rise in National Insurance payments takes effect.

The Independent says Channel 4 has said it is “disappointed” at the Government’s decision to proceed with plans to privatise.

The Guardian says Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with controversial plans to privatise Channel 4, with the government backing proposals to sell off the broadcaster after 40 years in public ownership.

BBC News says the government has decided to go ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4 but the channel said it was “disappointing” that ministers had made their decision

The Metro says dozens more EasyJet flights have been cancelled after a weekend of disruption for passengers.