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Business tax arrears hit £28bn a month
Rising employer NI and tariffs deepen debt worries.Private school VAT drives 2.5% pupil fall
Enrolment dips after VAT adds 20% to fees.HMRC issues guidance for CARF crypto reporting regime
User identity to become mandatory for all UK exchanges.UK economy set for modest recovery
IMF urges caution on tax and spending.VAT drives down private school enrolment
Enrolments fall as fees rise sharply.April tax receipts reach record levels
Employers and estates hit hardest by rises.HMRC guidance brings crypto reporting framework closer
Platforms must report users’ crypto data from 2026.Inflation climbs to 3.5% amid rising household costs
Water, energy and council tax hikes drive increase.HMRC recovers £5.2bn from wealthiest taxpayers
NAO report reveals growing tax gap risk.Trial to end corporation tax letters
Online accounts will replace paper reminders from June.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.