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Despite interest rates being brought to their lowest level in more than two years, a combination of meagre economic growth, ...
The Chancellor visited a former colliery site near Port Talbot to highlight the UK Government's recent funding for coal tip ...
Higher labour costs in the food industry and supermarkets have pushed up costs for shoppers, the Bank of England said.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said “exceptional” UK defense spending to counter the threat of Russia should be exempt from the government’s fiscal rules, a move that would free up billions of ...
The political and fiscal constraints upon Rachel Reeves have combined to leave the chancellor at a disadvantaged position, ...
Iceland has warned it is being forced to increases prices because of Rachel Reeves' tax raids as the supermarket chain fell ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out putting up gambling taxes, after a thinktank said the move could raise ...
COMMENT: By advocating for an increase in online gambling levies – not to help close the yawning fiscal gap, but to pay for ...
The U.K. government is loathe to admit it, but economists say it's highly likely that the Treasury will have to hike taxes in ...
UK interest rates have been cut by 0.25 percentage points to 4.00%, with concerns over economic weaknesses trumping rising ...
Bank of England cuts interest rates by a quarter point but warns of higher inflation - The reduction is the fifth over the past year and brings borrowing costs down to their lowest since March 2023 ...