This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes." - Lao Tzu The rallying cry of the American Revolution, “No ...

MORE than two-thirds of people think the increase in the price of a first-class stamp over the past five years is unfair, a ...

To pass the bill, the ruling NDA needs 119 votes. With the support of independent and nominated members, its count reaches ...

The cost of a Royal Mail first class stamp rose again this week, and it will now cost more than double what it did just five ...

Britain had more operational nuclear reactors than the rest of the world combined. Yet, Britain hasn’t built a new nuclear ...

In 1765, Henry won a seat in Virginia's colonial legislature. He was instrumental in opposing Great Britain's Stamp Act, which levied a direct tax on the American colonies to raise money for Britain.

On April 12, 1861, the Civil War erupted with the firing on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy. Confederate Vice President ...

Former city councilor Michael Flaherty took an agency-issued car on what appeared to be personal trips to Cape Cod, Braintree ...

Spending power has risen for British households ... to complete deals before being hit with thousands of pounds in extra stamp duty costs. From 1 April, "nil rate" stamp duty discounts for ...

But the point of the City, in very basic terms, is to act as a conduit for capital from ... in the Square Mile wants the Chancellor to scrap stamp duty on share dealings. That would be a start.