Paul Lewis
@paullewismoney
Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
The friends you keep… bit.ly/4w2pIGu would-be PM picks head of firm which helped businesses ‘manage regulatory risk’ ie avoid or minimise their legal obligations! They included Thames Water.
Court rules banks can cheat customers without challenge or redress as long as it was more than six years ago
Religious experiences really do produce natural opioids in the body bit.ly/4erTqyP which is also why from the outside they look so bizarre
It’s official - 2nd class mail is to be scrapped and replaced with 3rd class that may arrive when there isn’t a ‘y’ in the day. All at the old 2nd class price of 91p
Judge tries again to convict the defence barrister of in the Elbit Systems criminal damage case of contempt for informing the jury of their rights to acquit after he had ruled the barrister should not do so bit.ly/3QZQhgH in unprecedented and extraordinary case.
Royals trailing hard the release late on Thursday of tax payments and income bit.ly/4eGJC2N but details will still be kept secret and it will be too little to satisfy critics
Jeweller tries to avoid inheritance tax on family business but tells i-paper “It feels like whatever you try to do there are challenges. It is just so unfair.”
Secret owner sells house to secret buyer for secret amount. And it’s only leasehold. The Crown Estate actually owns the freehold. Transparency British style.
New owners of Abbotsholme School tell staff to work for nothing as school and land separated and school now must pay to lease building back bit.ly/4v6ts9V initially VAT on fees was blamed for closure.
It’s open! You can vote on which creatures should appear on the next series of Bank of England banknotes bit.ly/3PHeQhY to replace the single species that is on them now. When you vote you will see cute pictures of them by the tick box. Feel free to announce your choice!
Historic times as we witness the expansion of Israel bit.ly/4dsnqZG and this map does not include the developing occupation of the West Bank.
Hmmm. Gold price since February. Mail today. How to make a profit? Invest a year ago!
Winning party leader faces two investigations into undeclared £5million donation from billionaire who lives in Thailand
Israel’s takeover of the land bordering the River Jordan continues - land many Israelis consider theirs by biblical right. bit.ly/4tTKY0F Full article free if you’re quick. And of course similar encroachment is happening across Gaza - the land bordering the sea
King Charles to announce major weakening of consumer rights in financial services. The troublesome payment systems regulator to be scrapped and financial ombudsman to be severely constrained.
£44mn fraud alleged over home insulation bit.ly/4mTmCl2 barely 1% of the real £4bn scandal of previous govt’s waste on it
CORRECTED Man in charge of getting Brexit done now says we should get it undone as do Times readers - so far in a small sample. Why not cast your vote? bit.ly/4sOfs2B
Financial adviser struggles with new visa rules to retire to Spain after voting for Brexit
At least one major bank accepts @TheFCA has watered down its motor finance misselling scheme enough to make it bearable, but many missold customers will get less than they have lost through lenders’ deceptions, and slashing the interest paid on redress makes it worse
Large marshmallows- VAT free or not? bit.ly/41RqoRZ tribunals and court of appeal consider maths, stickiness, fingers, and temp to decide. Ludicrous waste of time. Broaden the base to include virtually everything as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden do and bring in billions.
£16bn state housing bank. What could possibly go wrong? And how will it protect builders from war driven rising prices? Also a reminder that ‘affordable’ does NOT mean affordable except in the trivial sense that if a house is sold someone has afforded it.