Paul Lewis
@paullewismoney.bsky.social
Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
The King’s cut from your electricity bill bit.ly/4yx46ng he gets 12% of crown estate profits through the Sovereign Grant
Crown Estate sea bed auctions could add £38 a year to energy bills
The business that manages the King’s land has put wind farm projects at risk with move away from capped fees for developers, a University of Oxford study warns
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Bayeux Tapestry queues and overcrowding bit.ly/4zjUBbj Wilkie Collins: “That entire incapability of devising administrative measures for the management of large crowds, which is one of the characteristics of Englishmen in authority” No Name (1862) 2nd scene, chapter 1
British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues
Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
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Bayeux Tapestry queues and overcrowding bit.ly/4zjUBbj Wilkie Collins: “That entire incapability of devising administrative measures for the management of large crowds, which is one of the characteristics of Englishmen in authority” No Name (1862) 2nd scene, chapter 1
British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues
Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
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BBC accused by comedians of censorship after cutting 11 sketches that it says don’t work today from 20 year old Mitchell and Webb series on iPlayer bit.ly/4rlSfpx
BBC cuts Mitchell and Webb sketches that mocked racism
Broadcaster has been accused of ‘classic overkill’ after it removed parts of the comedians’ Bafta-winning show that concerned racism and racial stereotypes
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Too big and important to tax, part 94 bit.ly/4jbxpa6 betting boss says don’t tax betting. Toys, Throw. Pram. There’ll be a lot more of this over the next 39 days!
Britain’s top taxpayer cuts sports funding in gambling tax row
Betfred tycoon Fred Done says he will no longer financially support rugby league and threatens to pull horseracing sponsorship if Labour hikes levies
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Inheritance tax could be scrapped if income tax or VAT raised by 1 percentage point to 21% says Times analysis bit.ly/4xzjVbZ
How Kemi Badenoch could find the cash to axe inheritance tax
The Tories are looking at ways to scrap this unpopular levy — we consider their options
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Possible appeal in Prince Harry’s hacking case after convicted researcher plots attack on the judge who threw it out bit.ly/4hxzGLu claiming other libel acquittals were wrong
Prince Harry’s hacking researcher planning to smear High Court judge
Graham Johnson, who was himself convicted of phone hacking in 2014, is soliciting support for a campaign against Mr Justice Nicklin
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More a trickle than a flood but fake £20s are growing in number and China is being blamed bit.ly/3T2x5QA it’s not a victimless crime for businesses left holding them
Exposed: the fake cash flowing through Britain
Telegraph confronts the dealers making thousands a week selling counterfeit notes
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Newly licensed bank sent customer details to thieves
While average pay grows by 3.9% FTSE100 bosses see 10.9% rise to top £5 million a year average.
Censorship campaign succeeds in removing rapper from Sheeran’s concerts bit.ly/4Afi52s
Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after Palestine comments
Venues on the American leg of the British singer’s Loop tour refused to go ahead with shows if the rapper remained on the bill
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Hedge fund manager and princess’s sister say they’re too important to have public right of way up the drive to theor £15.5mn home bit.ly/4cJ0PbL planning inspector disagrees but accepts evidence that not enough people had used it.
Pippa Middleton wins battle to bar public right of way through estate
The Princess of Wales’s sister was accused of suggesting that her royal link justified banning walkers through her Berkshire property
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Sussexes: the desperate search for privacy continues bit.ly/4h2LxQn
Meghan gives first glimpse of family life in Britain
Instagram video shows the Sussexes and their children walking through woodland, jumping in puddles and fishing after return to UK
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Never use one of these parasites to find your child trust fund bit.ly/4gOPk53 do it yourself either at sharefound.org or gov.uk free and save £400! Born 1/9/2001 to 2/1/2011 there is money waiting for you. 760,000 have lost touch with it!
Claims firms charge £400 to find missing child savings
If you have lost track of your savings account, there’s no need to use a company to get it back. Trace your money online without paying a penny
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Far right balaclava boneheads plan next target to intimidate bit.ly/46RcJgi
Masked Dover agitators target Oxfordshire village next
Daniel Thomas of Patriot Platform claims thousands could descend on Piddington to keep asylum seekers out of the area
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Govt agrees that students in England were misled by how student loan terms were explained, but only proposes changing them for the future bit.ly/4cCau3W no compensation for millions whose were misled at barely 18
UK government to offer clearer guidance on student loans after repayment row
Criticism of three-year threshold repayment freeze prompts update to guidance warning terms and conditions could change
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Another paywall free long read - the man behind the West Bank settler movement now in government bit.ly/4A5JJ1X
The man driving Israel’s settler agenda has wanted this for decades
As ambassador I was told he was being reined in, but Bezalel Smotrich has used unprecedented power to deliver his life’s mission: claiming West Bank land from Palestinians
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A long read about how the tribal fights of the Middle East affect us all bit.ly/4rbsND4 paywall free
What the lightning Houthi advance means for the world
The shock collapse of Saudi allies in Yemen creates a nightmare scenario as Iranian proxies seize the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and disrupt the global oil trade
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No flight plan after 2030 bit.ly/3VrZRKZ but air traffic boss pockets £12m to run failing system and NATS has given £594m to shareholders (mainly airlines) when it needs major investment to update tech
UK air traffic control systems face paralysis as cliff edge looms
Decades-old software operated by meltdown-ridden air traffic controllers at Nats will become ‘unsupported’ in 2030. ‘When it breaks, it’s gone,’ says an insider
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Let big shops open longer on Sunday bit.ly/4r8MpYl the remnants of Christianity still determine shopping hours but now it’s framed as giving small shops not subject to these laws a chance
Selfridges in plea for longer Sunday opening hours
André Maeder, the department store’s boss, says ‘even two hours more would really help’ as it contends with higher costs and the removal of VAT-free shopping
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The Budget - why it is best to do nothing but wait bit.ly/46R94iy making big changes to avoid things that probably won’t happen can be very expensive. It is on Wed 28 October
Five ways that panicking about the budget could cost you thousands
From pulling out your pension too early to jumping the gun on inheritance tax — here’s what not to do in the run-up to John Healey’s first statement
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Never pay one of these parasitic firms to find a child trust fund bit.ly/4dibyKr Everyone born 1/9/2002 and 2/1/2012 has one but 760k have not claimed them at 18. Do it yourself free at www.sharefound.org/child-trust-... or go to gov.uk and search child trust fund.
Claims firms charge £400 to find missing child savings
If you have lost track of your savings account, there’s no need to use a company to get it back. Trace your money online without paying a penny
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Last weekend’s ’spontaneous’ anti-migrant demo in Portsmouth by the far right was carefully planned bit.ly/4Agq8Mz and the police ignored warnings
How balaclava-clad activists swarmed a quiet Kentish village
Police failed to follow up on a tip-off before hundreds descended on Preston, using it as a staging post for anti-immigration protests across the south
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The benefits/work deal for a million non-working young people must be reset says govt adviser bit.ly/4xiHWne
‘Tough love’ needed for young people on benefits, says Alan Milburn
The government adviser says the current system is ‘morally indefensible’ and the state must offer more routes into work but impose obligations on those able to take them up
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What a ludicrous story bit.ly/3SXB1C3 No indication that Rokos is moving any investment from UK - quite the opposite. If he is moving his domicile - he is British - it may be to save some personal tax but it is a very difficult thing to do. If ‘fears of’ Budget was motive he would wait for 28 Oct.
Chris Rokos, billionaire hedge fund founder, leaves UK
Founder of Rokos Capital Management is reported to be switching his residency to Greece amid speculation about tax rises in budget
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Calls to no platform Grammy Award winning rapper who shouted Free Palestine on stage bit.ly/4qW8IAk
Ed Sheeran urged to drop rapper from tour over ‘free Palestine’ chant
Macklemore, known for the hit Thrift Shop, made remarks criticising Israel during his support act for Sheeran’s concert in New Jersey
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The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last mo.Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
Despite Covid, despite absences, despite social media, despite NEETs England’s kids doing well where it matters- maths, reading, and science bit.ly/4x8zarZ
England’s teenagers outperform peers in most countries in maths, reading and science
OECD test sees results dip in almost all member nations and warns of ‘digital distractions’ eroding academic skills
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Clothes retailer pulls cliche off the worn-out rack to describe its success in fighting off an equal pay claim by sales staff most of whom are women bit.ly/4cxIq1u
Next hails ‘victory for common sense’ in equal pay appeal
In a decision that could boost other retailers in legal battles, tribunal overturns ruling that female shop-floor workers had suffered sex discrimination
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Why is there an Annex 1? Just regulate them to cut out the dodgy firms bit.ly/4hWlOuY 300 out of 1200 (1200!!) written to by @TheFCA that’s one in four it has concerns about.
