1 hour ago Business news live: Housebuilders pay £100m after investigation and Rachel Reeves sent Cash ISA plea

Stock markets updates and business news from Wednesday

Economics

2 h. ago Special UK visas would carry serious 'national security risks', Rachel Reeves warned

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a special visa for rich foreigners who could invest in Britain

Events

3 h. ago DAN HODGES: I've learned Labour's deranged new 'masterplan'... Starmer and Reeves have gone mad

After 12 short but tumultuous months, the pressures of government have finally become too great. The weight of the seals of office are crushing them.

Politics

3 h. ago Rachel Reeves gives defiant show after crying in PMQs just a week ago

Rachel Reeves was last week seen with tears rolling down her face during PMQs - but the defiant Chancellor has since coming out fighting and 'cracking on' with the job

Politics

3 h. ago Martin Lewis gives £10,000 cash ISA update ahead of 'very unpopular move' by Rachel Reeves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves could slash cash ISA limits 'in days' - what to do if you have one

Economics

7 h. ago Rachel Reeves under pressure to save cash ISAs after building societies pen open letter to chancellor

The current £20,000 annual limit is expected to be cut but experts say it won’t prompt wider investment

Events

15 h. ago First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from September

The initiative is part of the Government’s 10-year health plan, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week.

Politics

17 h. ago How Labour is coming for YOUR money: Reeves is targeting wealth, pensions and Isas, warns JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Brace yourself for a summer of doom and gloom as Chancellor Rachel Reeves works out how to fill a gaping £40bn hole in the public finances.

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19 h. ago Brits demand cuts to spending as £30bn Rachel Reeves tax raid looms

The public is demanding spending is cut, not taxes hiked, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves facing a battle to balance the books, fresh polling has found

Economics

25 h. ago Warning issued on ‘vulnerable position’ of UK finances after Starmer’s welfare U

The OBR’s warning piles fresh pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn Budget

Events

27 h. ago OBR: Vulnerable UK faces 'daunting' threats to stability of public finances after welfare climbdown

Successive governments’ efforts to put the UK public finances have met with only “limited and temporary success” says watchdog

Economics

28 h. ago Government could help City firms fund defence industry – taskforce report

Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.

Politics

29 h. ago UK public finances in ‘vulnerable position’ after Starmer’s U

The OBR’s warning piles fresh pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn Budget

Politics

31 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned 'fantasy' wealth tax would drive away investors and fail like Spain's as desperate ministers refuse to rule out left

Alarm is growing about Labour targeting entrepreneurs as the government frantically tries to balance the books.

Events

36 h. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

37 h. ago Rachel Reeves' uncle reveals why she was crying at PMQs as he blasts Keir Starmer and Labour for 'joke' first year in power

Terry Smith, 72, the brother of the Chancellor's mother Sally Reeves, also advised his niece to 'stop spending money on the migrants and focus on fixing the country instead'.

Politics

39 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The yelps of Tory mirth could have been the canned laughter they used on The Flintstones

Rachel Reeves could - arguably should - have been at the Commons despatch box to answer questions about her fiscal rules. Instead we had Darren Jones, Treasury chief secretary.

Politics

39 h. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

42 h. ago Majority of Brits want Rachel Reeves to resign as Labour's chaos continues

A poll of UK voters has revealed the public is losing faith in the Keir Starmer-led government, with a growing number of Brits demanding high-profile figures step down

Events

52 h. ago A wealth tax which would hit London hard is up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, says minister

The Government is not ruling out new tax rises after a Labour revolt over welfare reforms blew a £5 billion hole in the Treasury’s spending plans

Politics