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On Monday, the Mayor of London said the City’s banking sector is “really important” but refused to say whether he opposed the tax raid, adding that “those with broader shoulders carry the greatest burden”. Chancellor…
The plans to shield them from income tax was first announced by then chancellor Rachel Reeves in last year’s Budget and the policy is expected to run until the end of this Parliament. Healey is anticipated to confirm…
Almost a kilometre of the nation’s high street, from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street, will be closed to all traffic, including buses and taxis. After years of debate, it happens just in time for the busiest…
The AI model managed to bypass a paywall to reach data that is publicly available but is typically accessible only after paying a fee. Claude accessed aggregate vote counts as part of a statistics project at Anthropic…
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Signs are emerging that this is a government which doesn’t listen at all, says Eliot Wilson This week will see Chancellor John Healey deliver his Budget. At 66, he will be the oldest Chancellor of the Exchequer to…
Rising costs are making it harder for businesses to employ staff and invest in apprenticeships, he says, while more salons are turning to self-employed models to survive. "Seeing salons close on the high street is very…
Wholesale gas prices hit €97 (£81) a megawatt-hour on Monday, as temperatures across Europe fell and traders priced in stronger demand for heating. The UK's month ahead contract also rose by 4% to 240p a therm, its…
The full, flat-rate state pension is expected to increase by 3.9% to £13,036.40 a year from April. This would take the payment above the £12,570 personal tax allowance and therefore be liable for income tax if no changes…
However, before we look for more ways to tax wealth, we need to make sure we aren’t discouraging people from creating it in the first place. If we want a prosperous economy, we need people to work, save, invest, build…