Chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally unveiled the budget for 2024. Here are the key points: This page is being updated, refresh to see more as it’s...
Business
Budgets are all about numbers. In the coming 24 hours, we’ll be engulfed with all sorts of figures – about the state of the economy, about the size...
Small businesses have called for the government to “significantly increase” the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down...
The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 – with pay for those aged 18 to 20 set to go up by 16.3% to £10 an hour...
The number of mortgages approved in September reached a level not seen in the two years since the Liz Truss mini-budget. According to figures from the Bank of...
Adidas has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West – known as Ye – ending all legal proceedings between them, the sportswear brand has...
More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said. Administrative workers in Dunton, Stratford, Dagenham, Daventry and...
Lowri Williams is struggling to cover her basic expenses. Earning a low income with very little support, she says she feels like she’s “living hand...
Rent has remained unaffordable in England, having been so since records began, the latest official figures show. The typical private sector renter, on a...
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of “political impartiality” ahead of its review that could be critical of...
The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir...
A former chair of one of Britain’s biggest auditors is to step down as chairman of Interpath, the independent advisory firm, because of a potential...
Britain’s biggest energy retailers have told ministers that they will provide more than £500m of extra help for households as the government tries to...
The Premier League is drawing up plans to present its clubs with fresh proposals for a financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL) as soon as...
The amount employers pay in national insurance is set to rise in next week’s budget to raise money for public services, Sky News understands. Reports...
Mitie Group, the London-listed outsourcer, has kicked off a search for a successor to Derek Mapp, its long-serving chairman. Sky News has learnt that the FTSE...
