Peers demand their daily £323 ‘attendance’ fee to log into virtual Lords claiming not paying would be age discrimination Peers are demanding £323 daily stipend while attending virtual proceedings Members of the House of Lords can expect tax-free income of £48,000 per year Rules state they should only be paid for physical, not virtual, sittings … Read more
The Isa season officially ended with the tax year but the UK’s biggest DIY investment platforms have upped the ante in their bid to win investors’ funds by unveiling new propositions. Interactive Investor has announced the introduction of three subscription plans involving a monthly fee to replace its existing quarterly charging structure from 1 June. … Read more
Cash-strapped parents are being forced to pay nursery fees or risk losing their child’s place, campaigners have told Money Mail. The coronavirus lockdown has caused all schools and nurseries to shut, with only the children of key workers catered for. But some parents, who are now looking after their children while also working from home, … Read more
BBC suggests adding TV licence fee to people’s BROADBAND bills as it says decriminalising non-payment will cost it £1billion in five years Broadcaster told ministers viewers would suffer if the income stream was taken If licence was decriminalised, two alternative civil systems have been suggested One is a civil penalty model, the other a civil … Read more
Halifax has told holders of its Reward current account they will have to opt into potentially paying a £3 monthly fee for it, under changes coming in at the start of June. Customers will have to pay in £1,500 a month or be billed £3, while the bank is also revamping the account’s cashback offer. … Read more
Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke calls the licence fee ‘dumb’ and suggests it has no place in modern television Mr Dyke, 72, led broadcaster from 2000 until 2004 and said fee is out of date He said the idea of a ‘compulsory tax on the TV set sitting in the corner’ is ‘dumb’ The licence … Read more
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes accuses the BBC of putting the TV license fee at risk with its ‘ridiculous’ bias that alienates viewers Julian Fellows says that the BBC displays ‘ridiculous’ bias that alienates viewers Downton Abbey creator stopped short of calling for licence fee to be scrapped The dramatist and Tory peer said that Channel 4 … Read more
BBC boss Lord Hall says the corporation has dumped its ‘we know best’ approach as the new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the broadcaster to ditch its ‘narrow urban outlook’. The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service. It … Read more
Credit card customers of high street bank Halifax have reportedly been hit by charges when trying to make Klarna repayments, the buy now, pay later firm said. In a statement on its website published last week following an exclusive story from This is Money which revealed a Tesco Bank credit card customer had been charged … Read more