Hunt doubles down on ‘long term ambition’ to abolish National Insurance March 13, 2024 Jeremy Hunt today doubled down on his "long term ambition" to abolish employee National Insurance, but economists were doubtful that the measure will ever be implemented.
Abrdn: Investment trust cost disclosure reform ‘at risk of stalling’ March 13, 2024 Reforms around the cost disclosure of investment trust that the sector has been clamouring for are "at risk of stalling", Abrdn has warned.
Gilts: Investors aren’t scared of UK’s ballooning deficit – yet March 13, 2024 Surging demand for UK gilts comes even as the Treasury announced plans in the Spring Budget to borrow more than ever from the private sector.
This London AI tech firm is set to benefit from a £3.4bn NHS spending injection March 13, 2024 The increase in NHS spending could provide several opportunities for Kainos, which is involved in NHS digital transformation projects.
I won’t hike council tax and congestion charges to fund cash-strapped TfL, says Sadiq Khan March 12, 2024 Sadiq Khan has said he will not hike council tax or congestion charges to find more funding for cash-strapped Transport for London (TfL).
Energy secretary decries Labour’s ambition to de-carbonise the UK electricity grid as ‘pure politics’ March 12, 2024 Speaking at international affairs think-tank Chatham House, Coutinho denied accusations from journalists and the audience that energy policy was being used as a political football and insisted the conservative road map was based on facts.
Demand for ‘urgent investment’ as number of duty solicitors at ‘crisis’ level March 12, 2024 The Law Society has called for “urgent investment” from the government as to avoid miscarriages of justice due to declining number of duty solicitors. The president of the society, Nick Emmerson stated that across England and Wales, “duty solicitor schemes are in crisis” because the government “continues to undervalue their work.” Duty solicitors are lawyers [...]
Both Tories and Labour are being dishonest about immigration March 12, 2024 If the government tries to drastically slash immigration, it is in danger of cutting off one of the UK economy's success stories, Chris Dorrell writes.
BAT opens £30m research centre in UK as part of drive for ‘smokeless future’ March 11, 2024 BAT has opened a £30m 'innovation centre' in the UK as it looks to ramp up development and production of its vaping and smokeless products.
Will Hunt’s tax changes push non-doms out of London? March 11, 2024 Non-doms, or non-domiciles, are people who live in the UK and pay tax on UK earnings whilst maintaining a primary home overseas.