ECONOMY

When Christina Mitsi’s friend offered her a job that paid up to £40,000 a month for as little as eight hours a week, she thought she’d hit the jackpot.Christina, 37, jumped at the chance and joined health and skincare brand Forever Living…

Chinese humanoid AI robots are on the march. A year ago, they were highly sophisticated novelty acts, performing acrobatics on social media platform TikTok and doing synchronised kung-fu on TV.Now, according to a new analysis by investment…

The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies are being handed US-style pay packages of up to £28million a year, a survey by The Financial Mail on Sunday has found.It comes as leading firms look to boost how much their chief executives…

Could you tell me if I can claim back tax taken from my private pensions on the grounds that my wife has only a basic pension with a maximum income of well below the tax free allowance? Can I pool our state pensions and my private…

Parked inside a prestigious luxury car showroom in Guildford is a line-up of automotive royalty: Aston Martins, Ferraris, Porsches and Rolls-Royces.But among the supercars and grand tourers sits a vehicle that looks spectacularly out of…

Sales of new-build homes in London are dropping sharply, according to the latest figures from property consultancy Molior.A total of 5,606 new homes have been sold in the first six months of this year compared to 8,840 in the same…

Buyers hunting for a coastal home know they'll need to pay over the odds to secure one of these in-demand properties.But add a sea view to the wish list and they can expect to hand over as much as £222,000 more for the pleasure in some…

If rumours are to be believed, Lewis Hamilton is earning £50million-a-year from his Ferrari F1 contract.But it's not just the seven-time Formula One champion who has been cashing in recently in the Hamilton household.His father, Anthony,…

Simon Weston, 64, is a former soldier with the Welsh Guards and a Falklands War veteran. He sustained severe burn injuries when Argentine Skyhawk fighters attacked the RFA Sir Galahad, which was transporting his regiment, the Welsh…

HMRC has forced families to stump up an extra £1.36billion following investigations into underpaid inheritance tax over the past five years, new figures show.Suspected errors, omissions or under-valuations of assets can prompt deeper…