How you could be affected

How you could be affected

Getty Images There is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find £22bn and some experts say she could change the system on workplace or private pensions to find some of this money. This is separate from another debate about the … Read more

Dozens of UK-linked firms suspected of busting Russian oil sanctions

Dozens of UK-linked firms suspected of busting Russian oil sanctions

The government is investigating 37 UK-linked businesses for potentially breaking Russian oil sanctions – but no fines have been handed out so far, the BBC can reveal. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced by the UK and other Western countries following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Conservative shadow foreign office minister Dame Harriett Baldwin … Read more

Mexico sends 660 soldiers, National Guard to protect lime growers suffering extortion by cartels

Mexico sends 660 soldiers, National Guard to protect lime growers suffering extortion by cartels

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers this month to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels. The Defense Department said Thursday that since the start of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration on Oct. 1, it has sent 300 … Read more