New Budget blow for Starmer as retailers warn of price hikes and job cuts
Retailers will be particularly hard hit by chancellor Rachel Reeves’s planned hike to employers’ national insurance ...
How to revive the shellshocked UK economy - as growth evaporates after disastrous Labour Budget
In her first big speech of 2025, the Chancellor (pictured) will try to discredit the idea that it was Labour's Budget that ...
Calls for general election ballooned after ‘foreign interference’, MP claims
Calls for general election ballooned after ‘foreign interference’, MP claims - Yasmin Qureshi said the petition may have ...
British Businesses Cut Jobs At Fastest Pace In Four Years After Tax Hikes
The U.K.’s service sector cut jobs in December at the fastest pace in almost four years amid concerns over weak consumer ...
Owners of these cars face £1,807 car tax hike under new 2025 VED bands
Diesel van owners will face the highest increases followed closely by petrol models, new analysis from GoCompare has warned, ...
DWP PIP Personal Independence Payment to go up - here's the exact amount
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
£14k bonuses for civil servants who stripped pensioners of winter fuel payments
Top civil servants tasked with taking away pensioners’ winter fuel payments raked in annual bonuses of up to £14,000, figures ...
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Michelle Ostermann's vision for a 'more modern' U.K. pensions lifeboat fund
Ostermann took up the PPF mantle from Oliver Morley, CEO since 2018, who was named CEO of The Money and Pensions Service, a U ...
UK firms lose more momentum and cut staff in December in wake of budget, PMI shows
British business activity growth slowed to a crawl in December and employers cut staffing at the fastest rate in almost four ...
Tech, transport and talent: What 2025 holds for the North West, according to business leaders
After a tough year in 2025, entrepreneurs and analysts are hopeful for the future but warn there could still be problems ...
Half of UK firms warn of imminent price hikes
A British Chamber of Commerce poll revealed 55 per cent of firms expect prices to increase in the first quarter of 2025.
Lack of winter fuel payment ‘might be unpopular’ as snow falls, Streeting admits
Wes Streeting has acknowledged withdrawing winter fuel payments from pensioners “might be unpopular” following health service advice to keep home heated during this weekend’s cold snap, The Health ...