Boris Johnson to crack down on middle-class drug users

Boris Johnson wants to crack down on middle-class drug users with adverts aiming to make cocaine as socially unaccountable as drink-driving The Prime Minister will launch a PR blitz to tackle illegal drug use by middle class Wants to imitate successful drink-driving campaigns such as ‘THINK!’ adverts Mr Johnson and several members of the cabinet … Read more

Middle-class cocaine users earning over £52,000 help fuel 20% surge in UK drug seizures

Middle-class cocaine users earning more than £52,000 a year helped fuel a 20 per cent surge in drug seizures, the latest figures reveal. Home Office data shows drug seizures soared by a fifth in a year across England and Wales, as the total number of Brits taking illegal substances hit 3.2million. London had the highest … Read more

Middle-class cocaine users earning over £52,000 help fuel 20% surge in UK drug seizures

Middle-class cocaine users earning more than £52,000 a year helped fuel a 20 per cent surge in drug seizures, the latest figures reveal. Home Office data shows drug seizures soared by a fifth in a year across England and Wales, as the total number of Brits taking illegal substances hit 3.2million. London had the highest … Read more

The middle-class capital gains raid

The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid  Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates  Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more

The middle-class capital gains raid

The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid  Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates  Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more

Middle-class wannabes who will do anything for 15 seconds of fame

The camera pans round to a bathroom, where a masked figure pours milk into a bath filled with rosebuds. In said bath reclines a glamorous young woman in a sparkly dress, one glistening bare leg emerging from the milky surface. As the camera zooms in on her, she takes off her mask, blowing a kiss. … Read more

Are you a middle-class hypocrite? Recycle religiously but can’t resist a sneaky flight to the sun?

Think of a phrase that best describes the celebrated naturalist Sir David Attenborough and ‘middle-class hypocrite’ certainly isn’t one that springs to mind. Yet the man widely considered to be one of our national treasures recently confessed that he is one. In his new film, A Life On Our Planet, out next week, Sir David … Read more

Middle-class mother living a Cotswolds idyll was seduced by a fraud who claimed he was a Rothschild

Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings.  At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy in a new relationship. Today, … Read more

Middle-class mother living a Cotswolds idyll was seduced by a fraud who claimed he was a Rothschild

Fifteen years ago, Christine Handy’s life was fizzing with opportunity and new beginnings.  At 40, she was financially secure and living mortgage-free in a handsome five-bedroom townhouse. A part-time job provided a balance to caring for three young children, and, divorced from her wealthy Cotswold landowning husband, she was happy in a new relationship. Today, … Read more

Britain’s middle-class will see wealth hit by coronavirus rescue

Britain’s middle class will bear the lion’s share of the pain when the multi-billion pound support measures start to be withdrawn, economists say. Their investments, pension pots and house values will all record a big hit once the epidemic has passed and as Ministers unwind the huge economic stimulus and try to reduce what will … Read more