8 h. ago The National Trust to axe 550 jobs after Rachel Reeves' tax raid budget added £10million to charity's annual wage bill

The conservation charity said rising costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations and it needed to reduce the pay bill as well as finding savings worth £26 million

Economics

15 h. ago National Trust to cut more than 500 jobs to make £26m savings

Costs are said to be 'outstripping growth'

Economics

15 h. ago National Trust to cut 550 jobs as Reeves’ budget adds £10m to costs

Recent government changes have added more than £10m to the charity’s annual wage bill

Economics

16 h. ago National Trust to cut 550 staff in bid to slash wage bill following tax hikes

The conservation charity said increasing costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations.

Economics

16 h. ago National Trust announces huge cuts as costs 'outstrip growth'

It is looking to save £26million

Politics

19 h. ago UK economy shrinks unexpectedly by 0.1% in blow to Rachel Reeves

May’s fall in GDP fuelled by sharp declines in manufacturing and constructionAnalysis: Fall in UK GDP puts focus back on expectations of tax rises in autumn budgetBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in May, fuelled by sharp declines in manufacturing and construction, in a blow for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, amid speculation over tax increases.The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in May, missing City predictions of a 0.1% monthly expansion. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Rachel Reeves tax grab to leave £4bn 'blackhole in public finances' and huge job losses

A study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found that non-doms who leave the UK instead of taking up Labour's less generous replacement will lead the tax take to be £4.6bn lower over five years.

Economics

39 h. ago A MILLION Brits face being dragged into higher tax rates costing £10bn amid fears Rachel Reeves will break her vow and extend hated 'stealth tax'

Fears are mounting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will opt to extend the long-running stealth raid, as she faces an estimated £30billion hole in the government books.

Economics

51 h. ago ‘Historic moment’ as reintroduced pine martens produce young on Dartmoor

Kits scampering through woodlands caught on camera traps after 15 pine martens were released last September.

Politics

61 h. ago Labour Left's £120BILLION tax menu: MPs tell Reeves to hike NICs again, target banks and hammer shareholders to fund 'unsustainable' spending splurge

Keir Starmer has urged to raise up to £120billion from Brits by increasing national insurance again, targeting banks and hammering shareholders.

Economics

62 h. ago National Trust makes stunning announcement over Manchester's 'sky park'

A significant chunk of funding to continue Castlefield Viaduct's transformation - but more is needed

Politics

65 h. ago Grade I listed landscape gets ‘garden for the future’ in face of climate change

Revamp of a half an acre of Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex, will trial planting that can cope with more extreme conditions.

Politics

3 d. 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

3 d. ago ‘Naive and arrogant’: Why a wealth tax in the UK would fail, according to experts

The UK government needs to raise funds – but experts say trying to take more from the rich simply won’t work

Economics

3 d. ago New tourism project plan mooted for Bannockburn battlefield site

The council's leader was quizzed on the possibility of working alongside the National Trust for Scotland for developing plans for the land after trotting track proposals were rejected.

Events

3 d. 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

4 d. ago Voices: The bottom line? Britain simply can’t afford to impose a wealth tax

As battle lines are drawn within Labour over taxing the super-rich, Chris Blackhurst says that the government must resist Lord Kinnock’s siren call to take a 2 per cent slice of asset values above £10 million – because the country’s economic prosperity depends on it

Economics

4 d. 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

4 d. ago Imposing 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

6 d. ago Even poorest OAPs face paying income tax in new stealth raid on state pension

Millions of Britain's poorest pensioners face being dragged into an 'old-age tax trap' as Chancellor Rachel Reeves desperately attempts to fill a growing black hole in the public finances.

Economics