Treasury expands business engagement unit with new City team July 25, 2024 The Treasury has created a new team to engage with City firms as the new Labour government looks to bulk out the department’s business engagement unit, City A.M. can reveal. It is understood that more staff have been moved into business engagement roles since the election as the new government tries to make good on [...]
Rachel Reeves promises ‘big bang’ on growth as she launches pensions review July 21, 2024 The review will explore ways in which billions of pounds worth of assets held by pension funds could be directed to productive assets, helping to fuel growth across the country.
Who’s who in Labour’s new look Treasury and business teams? July 11, 2024 Post-election and cabinet appointments, we’ve rounded up who's who in the government's new-look Treasury and business top teams.
Chancellor to launch £7.3bn national wealth fund to ‘unlock investment’ July 9, 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves will launch a national wealth fund with £7.3bn of state funding to “unlock investment” in UK growth industries.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils planning reforms to ‘get Britain building again’ July 8, 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a raft of planning reforms in a bid to “get Britain building again” in her first major speech at the Treasury.
How the seven Conservative Chancellors since 2010 will be remembered July 2, 2024 City A.M.’s guide to each of the seven Tory chancellors since 2010 and how their policies will be remembered by political history.
Next government will have to increase taxes ‘aggressively’ or ‘do a Liz Truss’ June 25, 2024 UK government debt could be at risk of a sell-off if the next government needs to increase borrowing by more than expected, a major investor in gilts has warned.
Stealth tax raid to cost City workers £14k each by 2028 June 3, 2024 "The tax rises that happened as a result of the pandemic and the energy shock – these two giant shocks – will stay for their allotted time period," Hunt told the BBC.
Manufacturing activity jumps to highest level in over two years June 3, 2024 The survey showed that the upturn in activity was broad-based by both sub-sector and company size.
Natwest buys back more shares from HM Treasury May 31, 2024 Natwest has bought back another lump of shares from the UK government.