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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Most birds have a fight or flight response.
He forgot we’re flightless birds.
He forgot we’re flightless birds.
April 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Most birds have a fight or flight response.
He forgot we’re flightless birds.
He forgot we’re flightless birds.
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The autistic struggle of often having extra high standards but not always having the energy to meet them.
Perfectionism says: all or nothing.
Executive dysfunction says: nothing it is then.
Perfectionism says: all or nothing.
Executive dysfunction says: nothing it is then.
April 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The autistic struggle of often having extra high standards but not always having the energy to meet them.
Perfectionism says: all or nothing.
Executive dysfunction says: nothing it is then.
Perfectionism says: all or nothing.
Executive dysfunction says: nothing it is then.
This is delicious. On many levels. Fantastic French (as far as I can tell) but still 100% Cork. Wonderful.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is delicious. On many levels. Fantastic French (as far as I can tell) but still 100% Cork. Wonderful.
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Tea.
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Tea.
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Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
March 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
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Defender of free speech Vance is going to give Trump such a telling off when he reads this!
March 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Defender of free speech Vance is going to give Trump such a telling off when he reads this!
Ep. 1: "Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown" Starring John Lithgow
YouTube video by A Confederacy of Dumptys
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February 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
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February 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
So this is why he feels safe to announce, in front of jihadists, the desire to turn Gaza into a real estate opportunity for his son in law...
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So this is why he feels safe to announce, in front of jihadists, the desire to turn Gaza into a real estate opportunity for his son in law...
Why aren't people in power expected to have regular drug tests?
Oh, come on! At the inauguration? Are you f*cking ketamine with this?
Ketamine is a hell of a drug.
January 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why aren't people in power expected to have regular drug tests?
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
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I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
December 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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A stern and well deserved rebuke from Colombia’s leader.
December 23, 2024 at 7:25 PM
A stern and well deserved rebuke from Colombia’s leader.
This just isn't good enough. Educational windows are short. Decade-long crisis is ruining people's present, and their future. And the immediate cost falls on those who least deserve to pay the price. Future costs of the current woes will fall on all of society.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Warning of no early reform of special educational needs in England amid new inquiry
Chair of committee of MPs, Helen Hayes, says current Send ‘deep crisis’ is neither sustainable nor acceptable
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
This just isn't good enough. Educational windows are short. Decade-long crisis is ruining people's present, and their future. And the immediate cost falls on those who least deserve to pay the price. Future costs of the current woes will fall on all of society.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have a mental health crisis in schools: let's restore arts funding and increase participation (and add arts into the ebacc list).
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
We have a mental health crisis in schools: let's restore arts funding and increase participation (and add arts into the ebacc list).
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Be an autism ally and amplify actually autistic voices. Let's get this simple summary read and digested by as many people as possible. Please share it, especially with politicians, teachers, healthcare professionals and social services staff. Thank you www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
Autism and parental blame research | WMADASS
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December 4, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Be an autism ally and amplify actually autistic voices. Let's get this simple summary read and digested by as many people as possible. Please share it, especially with politicians, teachers, healthcare professionals and social services staff. Thank you www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
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@therestispolitics.bsky.social just got in touch… they’ve officially arrived on Bluesky!! Whoop whoop. Hello TRIP! ☺️
Now we just need to all give up X…
Now we just need to all give up X…
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM
@therestispolitics.bsky.social just got in touch… they’ve officially arrived on Bluesky!! Whoop whoop. Hello TRIP! ☺️
Now we just need to all give up X…
Now we just need to all give up X…
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They will halt on January 20, 2025 when Trump takes office, noting the “threat to democracy and freedom of expression posed by the cooperation between the president of the most powerful country in the world, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk…”
November 29, 2024 at 10:56 AM
They will halt on January 20, 2025 when Trump takes office, noting the “threat to democracy and freedom of expression posed by the cooperation between the president of the most powerful country in the world, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk…”
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American Gothic.
November 29, 2024 at 7:58 AM
American Gothic.
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Now hold on - this feels like déjà vu…
Farmers & rural communities voting on an aggressive anti-immigration ticket -
- and then finding it hits their farm workers who are largely an immigrant population…
…and it screws their industry capacity heavily.
Where have I seen this before??
Farmers & rural communities voting on an aggressive anti-immigration ticket -
- and then finding it hits their farm workers who are largely an immigrant population…
…and it screws their industry capacity heavily.
Where have I seen this before??
November 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Now hold on - this feels like déjà vu…
Farmers & rural communities voting on an aggressive anti-immigration ticket -
- and then finding it hits their farm workers who are largely an immigrant population…
…and it screws their industry capacity heavily.
Where have I seen this before??
Farmers & rural communities voting on an aggressive anti-immigration ticket -
- and then finding it hits their farm workers who are largely an immigrant population…
…and it screws their industry capacity heavily.
Where have I seen this before??
That's a pretty audacious act of opportunism! Wow. www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2475515...
Thieves in golf buggies steal £80,000 of cables from gardens' light show during storm
Teams of designers and technicians worked through the night to make sure the show will go on after cables worth £80,000 were stolen during Storm…
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
That's a pretty audacious act of opportunism! Wow. www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2475515...
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Ed Davey is dreaming of Christmas No 1 hit with carers’ choir
Ed Davey is dreaming of Christmas No 1 hit with carers’ choir
Lib Dem leader teams up with choir of young carers to record a version of their self-penned song, Love is Enough
When already this year you’ve bungee-jumped, jetskied and led your party to its best election result for a century, how can you possibly top…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Ed Davey is dreaming of Christmas No 1 hit with carers’ choir
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Just had the best time at the #Braille200 event in the British library. And came across a book that i absolutely need. #BertieTheVeryBlindBat Thank you for the invite @rnib.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Just had the best time at the #Braille200 event in the British library. And came across a book that i absolutely need. #BertieTheVeryBlindBat Thank you for the invite @rnib.bsky.social