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King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers

Details published by Treasury show royal family’s grant is expected to increase from £86m to £125m in 2025

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Royal expenses soar to £107m - paid for by public - as Charles takes extreme measure

Guests, staff and the Royal Family were living with temperatures set at 19C during the winter and a few degrees lower when rooms were empty, official report reveals

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2023

Swan wrangling and ‘steamy trysts’: the unusual lives and jobs of the king’s entourage

The Windsors come with a very large staff, some of whom may be visible this weekend at King Charles’s coronation. But don’t dust off your CV – you probably don’t qualify

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023

Government: ‘It is too disruptive’ to reinstate smart motorway hard shoulders

Downing Street is under pressure to bring back emergency lanes on the controversial roads.

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Campaigners call for end to ‘peak fare rip off’ on trains in England and Wales

Passengers in some parts of the network face far higher mark-ups to travel at busy times

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023

Demolished Liverpool nightclub that clubbers were 'never out of'

It had many different names through the years

Liverpool Echo · Feb 27, 2023

Liverpool 80s nightclub where clubbers were affectionately known as 'Snobs'

The club lived many lives before its demolition

Liverpool Echo · Feb 25, 2023

Lobby group calls for supertax on private jets to boost public transport

Campaign for Better Transport wants private jet passengers to pay £780 in Air Passenger Duty for every flight from the UK.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Prince Andrew 'set to be stripped of taxpayer-funded guards'

PRINCE Andrew is set to lose his taxpayer-funded guards as King Charles looks to strip back his disgraced brother’s public funding, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 20, 2022

Welsh spy whose body was found in a bag was killed by the Kremlin, claims ex MP

The death of Gareth Williams has remained a mystery ever since the spy's body was found naked in a bag padlocked from the outside

Wales Online · Oct 5, 2022