73 m. ago City watchdog sets out moves to boost retail investment in shares

The Financial Conduct Authority is proposing ways to encourage retail investors to take more risk by putting cash into stocks and shares.

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2 h. ago The reckless mistake Rachel Reeves made with savers' pensions

Evidence has been stacking up confirming the damage that the Chancellor inflicted on the long-term savings plans of hard-working people in the run-up to last month's Budget.

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8 h. ago Nasty attacks on Rachel Reeves' chess claims show why UK should learn from Iceland

The difference in cross-party respect and tone in the Icelandic parliament was startling, with no petty name calling or mansplaining, writes Christine Jardine after a recent trip there

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14 h. ago Ticket price warning issued to concertgoers as venues like the O2 and Co

The venues could see their bills more than double over the next three years, sparking concerns about the cost of already expensive music events.

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14 h. ago Concertgoers warned ticket prices may rise after arenas hit with soaring taxes

Analysis of official government data has found valuations of big arenas in the UK will rise by up to 300%, sending tax bills surging.

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19 h. ago UK music legend issues dire warning to Rachel Reeves over tax hikes

The guitar legend has joined dozens of the nation’s top musicians in a campaign warning the Chancellor ‘British music will no longer be made in Britain’ because of her high taxes

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25 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned by OBR that UK's 'frightening' borrowing binge will be unaffordable

The comments from the OBR are the latest broadside following its revelation Reeves knew months ago that there was no black hole in this year's public finances.

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45 h. ago Welsh pensions scandal victim calls for Rachel Reeves to resign

John Benson, 79, is receiving a fraction of the pension he paid for

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55 h. ago BRIAN READE: 'Tory obsession with lies of Rachel Reeves highlights their desperation'

No one makes it to the top of politics without being a skilled weaver of fiction, Brian Reade says, which makes the fallout and Tory ranting following Rachel Reeves' Budget all the more galling

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69 h. ago Get your house in order, Chancellor! Rachel Reeves 'faces £7,500 bill' to prevent her family home breaching Labour's own energy efficiency rules

The Chancellor placed her south London property on the rental market last year as she moved into Downing Street following Labour's general election win.

Society

3 d. ago Reeves will not face ministerial standards probe over Budget briefings

Nigel Farage had called for an investigation into whether the Chancellor mispresented the state of the public finances ahead of her fiscal statement.

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves escapes ministerial ethics probe over Budget lies as standards tsar rejects Farage's demand for Chancellor to be investigated

Reform leader Nigel Farage had demanded the Chancellor be investigated for saying there was a black hole in the public finances of more than £20billion, which it later emerged did not exist.

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3 d. ago 3.3m pension savers facing hit with salary sacrifice changes

HMRC said an estimated 7.7 million employees currently use salary sacrifice to make pension contributions.

Economics

3 d. ago Why workers earning £52,000 will be the hardest hit by tax raids

Analysis shows that those on middle incomes are set to be worst hit by Rachel Reeves' plan to charge National Insurance on pension contributions over £2,000 per year.

Economics

3 d. ago David Lammy refuses SEVEN times to say if Labour will do a Brexit U

Keir Starmer has pledged to reset relations with the EU, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves has blamed Brexit for Britain's economic woes.

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3 d. ago Why workers earning £52,000 will be worst hit by changes to salary sacrifice from 2029

Analysis shows that those on middle incomes are set to be worst hit by Rachel Reeves' plan to charge National Insurance on pension contributions over £2,000 per year.

Economics

3 d. ago Electric car sales record smallest growth in two years as Rachel Reeves' pay

The deceleration in appetite for new battery cars was triggered by reports emerging ahead of the Budget last month.

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4 d. ago Loose Women's Charlene White says 'we're not talking about that' as she calls out 'ridiculous' story

The presenter refused to talk about Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the ITV show

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4 d. ago City watchdog rules out market abuse probe into Rachel Reeves

Financial Conduct Authority says regulation is not meant to ‘make judgments on political discourse’

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4 d. ago Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter | Jonathan Swarbrick

From income to home ownership and public services, everybody is disgruntled – but for different reasonsThe British economy has endured a series of setbacks in recent years: austerity, Brexit, the global pandemic, soaring energy prices and an increasingly fractured and uncertain world. The early optimism that accompanied Labour’s election victory faded quickly, with a recent poll ranking Rachel Reeves as the worst chancellor in modern history.But is this fair? Is the economy really in as bad a shape as people feel?Jonathan Swarbrick is a lecturer in economics at the University of St Andrews Business School Continue reading...

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