I plan to have two lodgers while still living in the property – my only house
Q Please can you clarify for me whether I am likely to be required to pay capital gains tax on my rental income when I decide to sell my house? I plan to have two lodgers while still living in the property. It is my only house.
Is there any relief that would apply to me now or in the future that I should look out for?
KR
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People think that older varieties have more flavour, but it’s often simply not true
As the leaves begin to turn, right now is the perfect time to start ordering fruit trees and bushes to plant out. However, I implore you not to fall victim to the buzzword “heritage” in the catalogues, at least if you are looking for good flavour. It sounds counterintuitive, I know, but speaking as a botanist who has tried and tested hundreds of varieties for flavour, I can give you some good reasons why to avoid these plants.
There is the popular belief that the older the variety, the better the flavour. Harking back to a time before intensive plant breeders bred all the “goodness” out of crops, according to this narrative modern crops are watery, bland, loaded with sugar and low in nutrition. Diet gurus on Twitter warn that modern fruit is now so sugary that zoo monkeys can no longer be fed bananas. Celebrity chefs will claim modern apples have seen their sugar content double, pandering to our “insatiable sweet tooth”. Food writers will even report on the “toxic truth” of grapes such as Thompson Seedless. One thing you will rarely see, however, is evidence.
Continue reading...People think that older varieties have more flavour, but it’s often simply not true
As the leaves begin to turn, right now is the perfect time to start ordering fruit trees and bushes to plant out. However, I implore you not to fall victim to the buzzword “heritage” in the catalogues, at least if you are looking for good flavour. It sounds counterintuitive, I know, but speaking as a botanist who has tried and tested hundreds of varieties for flavour, I can give you some good reasons why to avoid these plants.
There is the popular belief that the older the variety, the better the flavour. Harking back to a time before intensive plant breeders bred all the “goodness” out of crops, according to this narrative modern crops are watery, bland, loaded with sugar and low in nutrition. Diet gurus on Twitter warn that modern fruit is now so sugary that zoo monkeys can no longer be fed bananas. Celebrity chefs will claim modern apples have seen their sugar content double, pandering to our “insatiable sweet tooth”. Food writers will even report on the “toxic truth” of grapes such as Thompson Seedless. One thing you will rarely see, however, is evidence.
Continue reading...With an estimated 320,000 people homeless in Britain, charities are turning to using tiny ‘pods’ as temporary accommodation
With a single bed, a chemical toilet and a phone charger in a very tight space, a “micro sleeping pod” is very much basic living. But for those that live in the tight shelters, set up by a charity, they provide a link between living on the streets and finding more long-term accommodation. And then there is the cost – at £10,500 for the pair, the pods in Newport, Wales are significantly cheaper than building a flat, according to Amazing Grace Spaces.
From Bristol to London, architects, planners and charities are developing unique styles of accommodation to cope with the housing crisis. With private rents increasing and the local housing allowance frozen until at least 2020, homelessness continues to spiral – last year Shelter said at least 320,000 people were homeless in Britain, up 4% on the previous year.
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