Billy Ray Harris had a hunch Sarah Darling would return for her valuable ring, so decided to take care of it rather than pawn it

Britain’s poorest households - already struggling to cope with falling wages, rising living costs, and a series of cuts to tax credits and benefits - are about to receive another blow. And very few of them know it’s coming.

Q. I rented a house from August 2008 to August 2009, paying rent and all bills to the end of August 2009. The house was rented from Real Properties (Doncaster) Ltd, whose registered office was in Retford, Nottinghamshire. This company has since gone into liquidation.

Actor is the latest high profile figure to leave France after a series of wealth tax hikes

Residents of the staggeringly wealthy Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles are so tired of driving over potholes that they have asked the city council of the equally plush Beverly Hills next door to annex their community in an effort to get them fixed.

Stockton, California, has now filed for Chapter 9 protection, making it the largest US city to declare bankruptcy.

By 2060, the state will need to spend an extra £8.13 billion on Housing Benefit for older people, says new report

Unpublished estimates show 5,000 homes may be registered in ways to avoid property taxes

George Osborne, who will cut the 50p top rate of tax to 45p in tomorrow's Budget, will leave the door open to a further cut to 40p before the next general election.

Chancellor reveals he will crack down on tax dodgers as 'Quad' meets for final time to thrash out details

End of controversial property tax breaks leaves the Pope facing €600m-a-year bill

Nick Clegg is demanding a "tax the rich" Budget in March to head off growing fears that the Coalition will lose public support because its deficit-reduction programme is seen as unfair on ordinary families.

Lib Dems call for rich to pay mansion tax.