Customs and finance minister investigators have seized 120 million illegal cigarettes so far this year, the same amount as they discovered in 2023 as a whole, the Volkskrant has reported. In April, the price of a packet of 20 cigarettes rose to around €11, of which €7.81 is down to taxes, and research suggests the increase is leading more smokers …
Rishi Sunak is planning a Government blitz on the soaring cost of living as he declares it his mission to cut taxes for hard-pressed households. As Chancellor he cut the basic rate of income tax by 2 percentage points in 1988 Also writing in today's Mail on Sunday, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, says Mr Sunak should 'grasp the seriousness …
