Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Now 54-year-old David Cameron gets his Covid jab amid postcode lottery fears

Former Prime Minister David Cameron got his Covid vaccine today — despite not being in his sixties. The 54-year-old said he was ‘proud’ to have received the jab and hailed the NHS for its ‘deeply impressive’ roll-out.  He tweeted a photograph of himself being injected at a clinic in London, adding: ‘Huge “thank you” to our brilliant … Read more

Now 54-year-old David Cameron gets his Covid jab amid postcode lottery fears

Former Prime Minister David Cameron got his Covid vaccine today — despite not being in his sixties. The 54-year-old said he was ‘proud’ to have received the jab and hailed the NHS for its ‘deeply impressive’ roll-out.  He tweeted a photograph of himself being injected at a clinic in London, adding: ‘Huge “thank you” to our brilliant … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up in £182million Euromillions draw… the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t entered that week  … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up came up in £182million Euromillions draw – the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t … Read more

Britain’s vaccine postcode lottery ‘means healthy adults in their TWENTIES are getting jabs’

Some regional NHS sites have started dishing out Covid jabs to healthy people in their twenties, it emerged today in another example of the UK’s vaccine postcode lottery. Despite national guidance stating only the top six priority groups should currently be invited for the jab, there have been growing reports of younger Brits who don’t … Read more

Britain’s vaccine postcode lottery ‘means healthy adults in their TWENTIES are getting jabs’

Some regional NHS sites have started dishing out Covid jabs to healthy people in their twenties, it emerged today in another example of the UK’s vaccine postcode lottery. Despite national guidance stating only the top six priority groups should currently be invited for the jab, there have been growing reports of younger Brits who don’t … Read more

Parts of the UK are already jabbing over-50s without underlying conditions amid postcode lottery

NHS bosses today insisted no-one in their fifties without an underlying medical condition should be getting invited to have their Covid jab yet, even if they live in a region storming ahead with the roll-out. Health chiefs say only over-65s and adults deemed at risk should be invited for their first coronavirus vaccine. Any appointments … Read more

Parts of the UK are already jabbing over-50s without underlying conditions amid postcode lottery

Britain’s vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare today after it emerged parts of London have jabbed fewer than two-thirds of their elderly residents – even though some parts of the UK have already moved onto over-50s. Wales widened their jab roll-out on Monday to include everyone in the next phase at the same time – … Read more