4 h. ago Experts issue stark warning to shoppers as high street favourites struggle to survive

Even good-cause retailers are struggling in the current economic climate. Ahead of Rachel Reeves Budget, in the latest blow to the hight street, they warn of surging costs, mounting costs and poor quality donations

Events

15 h. ago Rachel Reeves ‘set to deliver big blow for savers in Budget as she eyes up Cash ISA cut’

RACHEL Reeves is set to slash Cash ISA allowances in a big blow to savers, a report claims. The Chancellor is expected to cut the amount savers can stash away tax-free into Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £12,000 per tax year, according to The Financial Times. Earlier reports suggested Reeves was planning to slash the...

Economics

25 h. ago Spare Brits a ‘hammer blow’ fuel duty hike in Budget, MPs and industry bosses beg Rachel Reeves

RACHEL Reeves is facing a last-ditch plea to spare drivers a fuel duty hike in her tax-raising Budget. The Chancellor is weighing up scrapping the 2022 temporary 5p cut while pressing ahead with a 3p-a-mile charge for EVs. MPs and industry chiefs warn the move would pile costs on families struggling with bills. The AA...

Economics

5 d. ago Chris McCausland’s fascinating blindness documentary challenges even the most ardent AI skeptics

Comedian and ‘Strictly’ star’s new one-off show, ‘Seeing into the Future’, sees him explore mind-blowing new technologies that could change his life, writes Rachel McGrath

Politics

6 d. ago Inflation falls by less than expected as prices rise by 3.6 per cent in new blow to Rachel Reeves' Budget hopes

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation slowed to 3.6 per cent in October, down from 3.8 per cent in September, the Office for National Statistics said today.

Economics

1 week ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London slips as UK economic growth slows in blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of budget

FTSE 100 LIVE: London slips as UK economic growth slows in blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of budget  Yahoo Finance UK

Economics

1 week ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London slips as UK economy contracts in blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of budget

FTSE 100 LIVE: London slips as UK economy contracts in blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of budget  Yahoo Finance UK

Economics

2 w. ago Unlicensed review – boxing meets dodgy City trader in tale of prizefighting redemption

Mark Hampton wrote, directed and stars in this drama, but his easy onscreen charisma can’t overcome a shaky, soap opera-style plotFinancial traders in the movies are usually hubris personified, while boxers are a sure-fire vehicle for an underdog story. Writing, and playing, the role of reformed city fraudster turned pugilist Danny Goode, as well as directing the low-budget British drama that results, Mark Hampton sets up a potentially fertile collision of these two opposed elements. But cornering himself into an ultra-earnest tale of redemption, he lets his film absorb a few too many cheap cliche shots.Danny is released after a three-year stretch for cooking the books; and, as a former high-rolling member of a late-night/early-morning gambling crew called the Breakfast Club, he now must accept diminished circumstances. This means a poky rental flat and, after his licence to trade is revoked, a restaurant job washing dishes arranged by an old friend, Jon (Mark Tunstall). His ex-wife...

Sport

2 w. ago Fury as Reeves set to increase dividend tax in ‘hammer blow’ for investors in nightmare Budget

RACHEL Reeves is set to increase dividend tax in a "hammer blow" to investors in the upcoming Budget. In a move that has sparked fury, the Chancellor will reportedly increase the tax rate on earnings from shares in her Autumn budget this month. Brits are bracing for a raft of tax hikes on November 26...

Economics

2 w. ago Investors are reviewing their estate plans because of Rachel Reeves

Risk taking is the foundation of growth, writes Moray Martin

Economics

3 w. ago After Rachel Reeves' rental licence misstep, here's what ALL landlords need to know

There are more than 180 laws landlords must obey - and not doing so can result in paying huge sums back to tenants or even a prison sentence.

Politics

3 w. ago Revealed: The emails at the centre of the Rachel Reeves housing law breach furore

Emails between the Chancellor’s husband and a letting agency show they were made aware that a licence would be needed to rent out their family home in Dulwich

Politics

3 w. ago The email trail that blows Rachel Reeves's defence to pieces, after she admitted she knew she needed a rental licence

On Wednesday, the Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor (pictured) failed to obtain a selective licence when she placed her family home in Dulwich, south London, on the rental market last year.

Politics

3 w. ago I created the viral AI Rachel Reeves rap video after she broke housing rules

The video was shared on social media just three hours after the Daily Mail revealed the Labour minister had failed to obtain a rental licence before placing her home on the market.

Politics

3 w. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke rental law

There were growing calls for the Chancellor to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

Society

3 w. ago Starmer clears Reeves over ‘inadvertent’ failure to obtain rental licence

The Prime Minister said he was taking no action against the Chancellor after her estate agent took the blame.

Events

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves faces no further action over failure to obtain rental licence

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

Events

3 w. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke the law over house rental

The Chancellor was on the ropes with calls for her to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

Society

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves latest: Key emails from estate agent in chancellor’s rental licence row published

The PM is thought to have become aware of the messages on Thursday

Politics

3 w. ago Estate agents used by Reeves did not apply for licence on her behalf as agreed

The Chancellor admitted to mistakenly breaching housing rules by failing to obtain a rental licence for her family home

Politics