Surveys reveal sporting events and summer holidays paired with lifting of Covid-19 restrictions prompted a massive increase in British consumer spending in July. Payment card provider Barclaycard said consumer spending was up 11.6 per cent compared...
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20th Mar 2026 | Updated at 09:05pm 20th Mar 2026
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...
Former prime minister David Cameron made approximately £7mn from the now-collapsed Greensill Capital according to reports published by the BBC. Panorama...
Britain has imposed sanctions on potash and petroleum product exports for Belarus in a bid to put pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko who remains...
A report by professional services group BDO reveals that despite July relaxation of lockdown rules, staff shortages caused by the pandemic and Brexit may still undermine economic recovery. The agency’s recent most business trends report found...
Vodafone will reintroduce roaming charges for UK customers who travel in mainland Europe from next year. New and upgrading customers will have to pay up to £2 a day to use their monthly allowance of data, calls and text messages.
A High Court judge in London on Monday granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order in favour of...
In an interview with LinkedIn news, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said it was “really beneficial” being in an office at the beginning of his career. Talking about helpful relations he made working in offices at the start of his career as the British...
Multiple households stand to lose their energy supplier this winter as small companies witness record highs on the UK gas market, and a looming deadline to hand over renewable energy subsidies at the end of the month. Equity analyst at Investec,...
UK defence supplier Meggitt faces job threats after it finalised a £6.3bn takeover deal from US rival Parker Hannifin. Board of the FTSE 250 engineering...
A leading think tank believes the end of the UK government's furlough scheme will lead to an increase in job losses in the country. The National Institute...
