To make the inheritance process simpler, the government has withdrawn the mandatory clause to probate a Will. A validly executed Will can now be acted upon directly by heirs and institutions such as ...

Last Thursday, across the despatch box from the current Defra Secretary, I read a letter from an elderly farmer. The letter contained a single, chilling question for the Prime Minister: by which date ...

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Noted economist Prabhat Patnaik has flagged India’s sharply rising income and wealth inequality and advocated the introduction of a wealth tax and an inheritance tax to finance a set of ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and ...

The government has U-turned on its plans to launch an inheritance tax raid on farmers. After months of intense backlash and protests in Westminster, Labour has increased the threshold – the point at ...

Who needs friends when you have PC games? No? Just us, then. Social interaction stance aside, we maintain that few things can top the feeling of delving into really good single-player games. Their ...

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

Epigenetics is the study of molecular processes that influence the flow of information between a constant DNA sequence and variable gene expression patterns. This includes investigation of nuclear ...

If you inherit an IRAs, you may need to take required minimum distributions (RMDs). Spouses may delay RMDs or opt for life expectancy payouts; others face stricter timelines. Non-spouse heirs ay need ...

What did researchers find? A 1.6-to-1.5-million-year-old skull from Ethiopia combines features from two different stages of ...