Crypto scam: Pig butchering on dating sites makes the Tinder Swindler looks like an amateur March 24, 2022 Morning Wire is increasingly receiving reports about a new crypto scam called ‘Pig Butchering’, which combines the intimacy of romance scams with the wild west of crypto cons. In this scam, the victims are referred to as pigs being prepared for slaughter: they’re raised for their meaty profit under the promise of ‘happily ever after’ [...]
Poverty looms for 600,000 Brits after Spring Budget as benefits fall behind inflation and tax jumps March 24, 2022 Around 600,000 people will be pulled into poverty, of which around a quarter are children, according to new data shared with Morning Wire this morning. In fact, families in poverty will be £446 per year worse off in 2022-23 compared to if benefits had been uprated in line with current inflation levels. Households in poverty [...]
As it happened: Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget 2022 March 23, 2022 Live updates and links to all our coverage, reactions and analyses as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivers the government’s Spring Budget for 2022 . Please do get in touch and let us know your opinion via [email protected] or @Cityam With the cost of living crisis, rising inflation, war in Ukraine and [...]
Will the world economy avoid an inflationary bust? March 23, 2022 | City Talk Today’s high inflation is being compared to the 1970s. However, robust consumer spending, fuelled by pandemic savings, makes for a different set of circumstances. Memories of the 1970s were evoked as the price of Brent crude oil temporarily climbed above $139 a barrel in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That was a period [...]
Alisher Usmanov: Ex Arsenal and Everton backer has assets ‘transferred into irrevocable trusts’ March 23, 2022 Former of Arsenal FC shareholder Alisher Usmanov says most of his property has been “transferred into irrevocable trusts” in a bid to evade UK sanctions. The Russian billionaire claims he has protected some of his most valuable properties and his £437m yacht after they were frozen earlier this month. According to The Times, a spokesperson [...]
‘Death by over-regulation’: Losses from one cryptocurrency cannot be used to offset gains from other crypto under new tax rules in India March 22, 2022 India has introduced a number of new tax rules for cryptocurrencies. The most eye-popping clause is without a doubt the stipulation that losses from one crypto asset cannot be used to offset gains in another. So, in other words, if you lose some in trading Bitcoin, that cannot be offset vs gains from another asset, [...]
Over 1m Brits in debt to predatory loan sharks amid cost of living crisis March 21, 2022 An estimated 1m Brits have fallen victim to predatory local lenders because they are unable to cover basic costs according to fresh data.
Capital punishment: private sector sanctions in Russia March 21, 2022 | City Talk The corporate response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is representative of a wider shift in the role of the private sector in society. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is first and foremost a human tragedy and has far-reaching consequences for millions of people. Our thoughts are with those caught in the atrocious situation, those that have [...]
Hospitality chiefs call on Sunak to reverse VAT hike or leave London businesses ‘unviable overnight’ March 20, 2022 Hospitality heads have said the government’s plans to increase VAT from current rates of 12.5 per cent to highs of 20 per cent at the start of next month will see some London businesses “become unviable overnight.” Industry chiefs warned that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plans to hike consumer taxes on food, soft drinks, accommodation, and [...]
Exclusive: Aspire chairman Paul Farrer warns Brits ‘not to walk blindly into four day week’ March 20, 2022 From a healthier work/life balance and greater job flexibility to giving employees the freedom to spend more time with their family or even focus on a side hustle, the potential advantages of the four day working week are huge. Businesses could stand to benefit too, with happier, more productive and focused staff. Amid record level [...]