UK economy to shrink in 2023: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies as the cost of living continues to hit households.

HMRC clarifies its stand on waiting times on self-assessment helpline

Officials working from home are not to blame for long waiting times on HM Revenue and Custom’s self-assessment helpline, the department has said.

There are 79,620 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding mortgage balance, at the end of December 2021. This is 750 fewer mortgages when compared to the previous quarter.

Virtual worlds, where users’ life like 3D avatars can express themselves in a fuller range of human speech and gestures, present an even greater content-moderation challenge than the hundreds of millions of written posts and images that flow...

Bosses of tech groups such as Checkout.com, Klarna and Graphcore were invited to Downing Street to meet City minister John Glen and officials to discuss the progress made in attracting founder-led tech companies.

The number of people experiencing food insecurity was one-fifth higher in January than six months previously, according to a survey that showed families in the UK were struggling to feed themselves even before the imminent squeeze on living...

A 2020 government report said “corrupt foreign elites continue to be attracted to the UK property market, especially in London, to disguise their corruption proceeds.” The economic crime bill was recently put before the Parliamentary Business...



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