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The British Museum's new Rodin exhibition proves the Elgin Marbles should remain in the UKThe Marbles are icons of global culture and their place in the canon of Western art is as much due to nineteenth and twentieth-century responses to them, made possible by Britain's curatorship
Tax authority: Nearly 437K uninsured vehicles detected in Greece
18-year-olds to travel free of charge this summer to European countriesA total of 15,000 European 18-year-olds will be selected to travel free of charge in Europe this summer, using special free travel passes valid for 30 days, following a European Parliament initiative aiming to strengthen a sense of European identity and European values, as highlighted in the resolutions adopted by the European Parliament.
Tax on pensioners proposed to heal inter-generational divideA £10,000 payment should be given to the young and pensioners taxed more, a new report into inter-generational fairness in the UK suggests.Recommendations include:* Give £10,000 to all young adults at the age of 25, funded by a new "lifetime receipts tax" that would replace inheritance tax* Scrap council tax and replace it with a new property tax targeting wealthier homeowners* Use the proceeds from property tax reform to halve stamp duty for first-time buyers and increase public funding for social care* Make earnings of those above state pension age subject to National Insurance contributions
Birmingham in advanced talks with Formula E to host ePrix on city's streets next year, says West Midlands MayorAnnouncement revives memories of much-loved Superprix during late 1980s
