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16/5/2023
Number Of HMRC Self Assessment Customers Who File Early Doubles In 5 Years
The number of Self Assessment customers who choose to file their tax return on the first day of the tax year (6 April 2023) has more than doubled since 2018, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. More than 77,500 customers submitted their tax return for the 2022 to 2023 tax year on 6 April 2023, compared to almost 37,000 customers on 6 April 2018.
15/5/2023
PM Welcomes President Zelensky To The UK Ahead Of Anticipated Ukrainian Military Surge
President Zelensky has arrived in the UK this morning for discussions with the Prime Minister on Ukraine's ongoing military resistance to Putin's brutal invasion. Prime Minister will welcome President Zelensky to Chequers today for discussions following the Ukrainian President's tour of European capitals.
15/5/2023
The Nakba: 75 Years After Losing Their Home, The Palestinians Are Still Experiencing The ‘catastrophe'
When Palestinians commemorate the Nakba (the catastrophe) on May 15, they are not only remembering a violent historical event that took place 75 years ago which led to the uprooting of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland. Nor just the destruction of more than 400 villages and towns and the killing of thousands others.
15/5/2023
Drought Recedes In Britain After A Wet Spring - But Much Of Europe Is Parched
Be careful what you wish for. Britain's seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas.
15/5/2023
Highland Green Health Fund Announces Support For Green Health Projects
The Highland Green Health Partnership is delighted to announce, during Green Health Week, funding support for 15 community projects that are delivering sustained action for nature-based health interventions across the Highland region. A number of strong applications were received with a wide range of project ideas and initiatives put forward.
15/5/2023
Highland Council School Building Programme Held Up By Scottish Government Failure To Make A Decision On Funding
Capital Investment Programme review update by Highland council An update has been issued today (Monday 15 May 2023) to our education stakeholders regarding the school estate capital investment programme. The Council agreed in December 2022 that a complete review of the current capital investment programme was necessary, due to significant inflationary cost increases being seen in projects across the approved capital programme and the increases in interest rates which impact on the cost of financing loan debt, however the review could not be concluded until the outcomes of Scottish Government decisions in relation to the Learning Estate Investment Programme (LEIP) were known as the programme is inextricably linked to external funding decisions and opportunities, and an assessment against affordability, deliverability, and impact, is required before decisions on the final revised programme can be made by Members.15/5/2023
UK-US Partnership Set To Soar With Sustainable Aviation Summit And Collaborative Approach
UK and US to work together to reduce aviation emissions and accelerate development of sustainable aviation fuel. Transport Secretary Mark Harper to drive development of guilt-free air travel on trip to USA.
15/5/2023
Inverness And Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Update
Following a report agreed by Full Council in March 2023 on the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, Council members have received a further update on the current Outline Business Case (OBC) stage of the Green Freeport process and the role of Council officers and elected members. The report sets out the Council's role as Accountable Body and outlines how the potential developments and supporting infrastructure related to the Green Freeport are being identified along with the wider social, environmental and economic benefits that this aims to deliver for Highland communities.
14/5/2023
Ukraine Recap - Not A Great Deal To Celebrate For Putin This Victory Day As Ukraine Digs In For The Long Haul
One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that trundled past the Russian president as he marked a scaled-down Victory Day on May 9 this year.14/5/2023
Russia-Ukraine War At A Glance: What We Know On Day 445 Of The Invasion
.Zelenskiy lands in Berlin to shore up support; Russian missiles strike home town of Ukraine's Eurovision entry during song contest. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has landed in Berlin, according to a post on the Ukrainian president's Twitter feed, as he seeks to shore up support from key allies.14/5/2023
Interest Rates Will Hit Households Hard As Fixed Rate Mortgages Renewal Dates Arrive
The Bank looks set to have almost finished the sharpest interest rate tightening cycle since the 1980s, but the switch from variable to longer fixed-rate mortgages has delayed the impact on households. Two-thirds of the eventual £12 billion increase in annual mortgage costs still to be passed on, according to new research published on Saturday13 May 2023 by the Resolution Foundation.14/5/2023
Reaching The Finnish Line Together - US Marines Train With Finland's Nyland Brigade
In chilly and challenging southern Finland, US Marines and the Finnish Navy's Nyland Brigade recently trained together in the lead-up to the Finnish-led exercise Freezing Winds 22. Over three rigorous months, the newest member of NATO showed their US friends how to navigate Finland's icy waters during the longest deployment of US Marines to the country.
14/5/2023
1,500 UK troops join major NATO exercise amid expanded UK deployment to Estonia
More than 1,500 UK troops are set to train alongside thousands of personnel from NATO Alliance countries, as part of a major exercise in Estonia. Personnel from all three services of the UK Armed Forces are deployed in Estonia, carrying out exercises and operations as part of our commitment to NATO.
14/5/2023
British Iron In America's Hammer - Exercise Warfighter
Major General James Martin, the General Officer Commanding 3(UK) Division, the ‘Iron Division', and his deputy, Brigadier General Matt Brown of the US Army open-up as to what Exercise Warfighter was all about, its aims, significance and beyond all else, its sheer scale. Be under no illusion whatsoever, Warfighter is a behemoth of an exercise when it comes to figures; so much so that it can only be war-gamed through on paper, keyboards, and map tables.
14/5/2023
Weekly Update - Another Rate Rise And What Is Going On With The Fiscal Framework Review?
Weekly Update from the Fraser of Allender Institute director Mairi Spowage. The big economic news this week was undoubtedly the 12th consecutive rate rise from the Bank of England.
14/5/2023
A Royal Navy Amphibious Task Force Has Arrived In Stockholm After Defending Sweden's Complex Coastline From A Mock Invasion
Amphibious flagship, HMS Albion, led the Littoral Response Group (North) (LRG) into the Baltic Sea for Exercise Aurora - the largest Swedish national defence exercise in more than quarter of a century. Royal Marines made quite the impression during three amphibious landings on the Nordic nation's complex coastline, with Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson stating that he'd like the commandos in the country ‘next year and every year’.
14/5/2023
The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook Q2 2023 - Crushing Mortgage Interest Rates The Big Topic
The Bank of England has raised interest rates 12 times in a row, and UK families are dealing with the largest rise in more than 30 years. With all signs suggesting that the Bank is at least nearing the end of this rate cycle, this edition of our Macroeconomic Policy Outlook focuses on the mortgage market and examines how much impact rate rises have already had - and how much of a squeeze is still to come.14/5/2023
I've Just Returned From Kyiv Where They Are Expecting A Long War And Want More Help From The West
A report by Frank Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth. For an academic, there is nothing like a focused, concentrated encounter with the reality of what you are studying.14/5/2023
List Of Military Aid To Ukraine During The Russo-Ukrainian War
The war may be between Ukraine and Russia but in reality many countries in the world are involved in supplies for the war effort in Ukraine. UK Supplies to Ukraine.
14/5/2023
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