Virgin Atlantic has reported a 600% surge in flight bookings to the US and British Airways reported a jump in searches after the US said it would lift restrictions to allow fully vaccinated passengers from the UK and most European Union countries...
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 11:20am 5th Dec 2025
Where is growth in the Budget?
Rachel Reeves and the government have missed a real opportunity to put our country on a growth trajectory in this Budget.
Why Britain’s middle class feels squeezed
- 04 Dec 2025
Rachel Reeves has pulled a staggering £66bn from the UK economy: £40bn in the October 2024 Budget, largely from businesses, and another £26bn in the November 2025 Budget, hitting workers, the wealthy and businesses to fund higher welfare spending...
The UK consumer prices index surged by 3.2 per cent in the 12 months to August as revealed by official data last week, the largest ever month-on-month increase since records began in January 1997. The Office for National Statistics, which published...
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer continues to face increasing pressure to call for a rise in wealth taxes to balance out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s...
The UK government held crisis talks with the energy industry, and regulator Ofgem as a surge in gas and electricity prices threatens to put more suppliers...
The airlines and travel industry has called upon ministers to bring down the UK’s Covid traffic light and PCR testing rules as figures reveal their “devastating impact” on overseas flights and holiday bookings in peak season. Data revealed by...
New data reveals the UK government has become a shareholder in over 150 companies during the novel coronavirus crisis, including a kombucha drinks maker, a luxury ship builder and a knitting and crochet suppliers. In a major breakthrough, the...
The UK has emerged at the 12th position in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report released by the Institute of Economic Affairs in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The report identifies 165 countries, with Hong Kong...
The 11th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) held earlier this month addressed several key sectors including climate change, facilitating investments,...
The chairman of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the payment Systems Regulator (PSR), Charles Randell, singled out an American media personality for pushing unknown cryptocurrency. In a new warning about crypto scams, Randell singled...
A rise in domestic holidays has prompted a surge in demand for mortgages for UK holiday rental homes. According to financial data provider Moneyfacts,...
