Inheritance taxes are unpopular, precisely because they will rarely match ability to pay, especially for farming assets.

The vote took place after Mr Barnier used special powers to force a social security budget through the country's lower house ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier ousted as he LOSES no-confidence vote after plunging EU's second-biggest economy into ...

Keir Starmer ’s plan to reset the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union has suffered a blow with the loss of ...

France has fallen back into political turmoil with the collapse of the government. It is a victory of sorts for the far-right ...

For markets, the government's collapse could contribute to further declines in French stocks and the value of the eurozone's currency, as investors react negatively to the heightened uncertainty that ...

France’s government fell after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration and plunge the country into ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is ousted after losing a no-confidence vote at the National Assembly - in a result that ...

France’s government has fallen after MPs voted to bring down Michel Barnier, the French prime minister, plunging the country ...

It means that although in early autumn the EU was making a big play to get Starmer to sign up to a youth mobility deal to ...

The energy in politics is with the populist right – and the left doesn’t know how to respond.

A pensioner living a quiet life in Greece has been embroiled in an ongoing battle to get his life savings from a UK bank.