Council officers uncovered £2.7 million of fraud last year, a new report shows. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's corporate fraud team investigated a total of 108 cases in 2024/25, including housing ...

Stoke-on-Trent City Council ended 2024/25 with a balanced position on its general fund, but would have had a £14.4 million overspend had it not been for the Exceptional Financial Support (EFS ...

The "no tax on tips" provision in the spending bill creates a new deduction for tipped workers, eliminating what they owe in federal income tax. Tipped workers still have to pay state and local ...

The "no tax on tips" provision within the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows tipped workers to deduct tip income from their federal taxable income, up to $25,000 annually.

This is exaggerated. The bill creates deductions for tips and overtime, but those breaks are temporary. And its tax reductions for Social Security benefits are even more limited. The Senate bill ...