15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (434+ words) The Conservatives and Reform UK have clashed over plans to abolish inheritance tax as Kemi Badenoch prepares to put tax cuts at the heart of her pitch to voters. Badenoch is considering pledging to scrap inheritance tax if the Tories…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (383+ words) Surging government bond yields could force John Healey to deliver an “emergency Budget” in which the UK’s new Chancellor drives through a wave of spending cuts in a bid to bear down on Britain’s ballooning debt pile. UK gilt yields…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (591+ words) Andy Burnham and John Healey have been warned against using an “accounting trick” to ramp up borrowing given the volatility shaking bond markets and traders’ vigilance to extra gilt issuance. Analysts at Oxford Economics said that it looked likely the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (454+ words) The number of parents grouping just under the £100,000 ‘tax trap’ salary in order to maintain access to free childcare will “grow dramatically”, tax researchers have warned, while some households continue to claim the benefit despite earning above the income threshold....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (266+ words) City AM In December 2009, ratings agency Fitch downgraded Greek sovereign debt from A- to BBB+ following a dramatic few weeks in which the state of the country’s public finances were laid bare. By February, riot police in Athens were firing stun…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (519+ words) Gym Group has upgraded its outlook after managing to tempt Gen-Zers into its gyms throughout the summer, despite the distractions of the World Cup and multiple heatwaves. Will Orr, chief executive of the no-frills gym provider, said the group is…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (665+ words) Christopher Rokos was Britain’s third largest individual taxpayer last year, handing over an estimated £330m. Now he’s moved to Greece and no British government seems to have a plan to replace that revenue, says Damian Pudner So, Chris Rokos is off…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (405+ words) Five lenders hiked the price on their mortgage deals to kick off the week as the threat of the Bank of England increasing interest rates looms over the UK economy. Barclays has raised its rates on a fleet of products…...

6+ day, 43+ min ago   (224+ words) UK equity funds have been hit with another month of outflows after investors dumped stocks in favour of cash and bonds. Investors withdrew a net £601m from UK stock funds during August, driving a broader £315m net outflow across global equity strategies....

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (472+ words) The UK’s banks ombudsman could be forced to pay millions to a group of the UK’s top lenders after the High Court quashed four decisions the body made earlier this year on overdrafts and credit cards. The Financial Ombudsman Service…...