Author: Press Association

The morning presenter advanced the unconventional argument at a tax tribunal
in which she argued she should be permitted to claim hairstyling, clothing
and cleaning costs as expenses to keep up her appearance on screen.

But the tribunal rejected her claim for £4,500 that such things should be tax
deductible.

Williams made [...]

Author: By John Lichfield in Paris
For the last six days, she has barricaded herself inside her office in Paris to prevent her members from firing her. Ms Pujol, 61, part of a family which owns hotels and restaurants in the southern town of Carcassonne, winches bags of food up to her third-floor office on the [...]

Author: By Stephen Howard, Press Association

In what a Court of Appeal judge described as a “most unfortunate and
regrettable dispute”, Eileen Cook took out a possession order against her
only daughter, Pauline Thomas and her husband, Wyndham, 76.

Mrs Cook had occupied the south end of Tredawdy Farm, Llangrove, near
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, [...]

Author: By Holly Williams, Press Association

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said annual staff costs will rise by a
further £47.7 million to £350 million as it beefs up its workforce by around
14% this year.

The watchdog said it needed more and better staff to help it beef up its
efforts on regulation, [...]

Author: By Joe Churcher, Press Association

The Prime Minister told Sir John Chilcot’s panel when he appeared before it
earlier this month that the defence budget was “rising in real terms
every year”.

But later House of Commons figures showed this was not the case.

Asked at question time whether he would correct the record, Mr [...]