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CMA dials up probe into Unilever’s $65bn McCormick tie-up

In an update on Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the mega-merger “gives rise to a realistic prospect of a substantial lessening of competition” within the condiment and spice market and called…

Form: Tell HMRC your Inheritance Tax scheme reference number

Get emails about this page Documents Use the postal AAG4(IHT) form to tell HMRC your tax avoidance scheme reference number PDF , 217 KB , 2 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request…

Forms to disclose tax avoidance schemes

Get emails about this page Print this page Contents Notify HMRC about a tax avoidance scheme Provision of scheme reference numbers (SRNs) to client Provision of SRNs to employees Notifying SRNs for Income Tax, Capital…

Trump’s case against BBC to proceed after judge kicks out dismissal bid

The US president filed legal action in December 2025 over the editing of a Panorama documentary which included footage of Trump’s speech at a rally before the US Capitol riots in 2021. The documentary editors spliced two…

Check if a letter you’ve received from HMRC is genuine

Get emails about this page Print this page Contents Corporation Tax and Construction Industry Scheme subcontractor costs Letter CA2490 — Home Responsibilities Protection eligibility Letter CA4361 — National Insurance…

On this day: The House of Lords removes almost all hereditary peers

On this day, , the House of Lords Act became law, removing the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit. Eliot Wilson takes us through the day, and to this year’s action on “stage two” In 1999, the House of Lords had…

Britain’s universities are in economic, academic and cultural decline

For a long time, the higher education system has been heralded as a key element in promoting British values. Yet, as we argue in a The Higher Education Delusion , a new book from the Institute of Economic Affairs, our…

Burnham lauds £12bn offshore wind investment as he prepares for climate summit

On Wednesday the government announced a £12bn investment from the German energy company RWE and the US private equity firm KKR, as the prime minister prepares to travel to the Cop31 climate crisis summit in Turkey. The…

Decision: CIL Appeal 1893155 — 16 September 26 — demolition and erection of buildings

Get emails about this page Documents CIL Appeal 1893155 — 16 September 26 (accessible HTML version) HTML CIL Appeal 1893155 — 16 September 26 PDF , 236 KB , 7 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive…

US Treasury chief Scott Bessent is reportedly latest Trump official to move to military base

Bessent has spearheaded a US push to cripple Iran's economy since the start of the Middle East war, vowing "economic asphyxiation" of the Islamic republic through a web of sanctions. He is one of a number of senior…