The Labour Party has called for an investigation as media reports called out former prime minister David Cameron for meeting Treasury officials to lobby...
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 02:13pm 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...
Chocolate retailer Thorntons has announced plans to permanently shut down all its 61 stores, putting 603 jobs at risk. It brought to attention a business switch to online-only, as several UK high street businesses pivot away from bricks-and-mortar....
A former appeal court judge has criticised evidence presented by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey over evidence he gave to MPs over a scandal in...
For the second time in six months, Brussels has launched infringement proceedings against the UK over Brexit, this time alleging that Prime Minister Boris...
Steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta and collapsed lender Greensill Capital are accused of exploiting a taxpayer-backed Covid support scheme to extract over £400...
Greensill Capital has filed for administration, warning that it was in “severe financial distress” putting thousands of steel jobs at risk. Greensill's main customer is metals magnate Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG which was “experiencing financial difficulties”...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has paved the way for the year with his three-point economic plan to fix public finances and the economy. He announced...
Bilal Ahmed, Founding Partner of Offa, is a hands-on property financier. Offa is the only UK bridge finance provider operating an Ethical Finance model...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the average price of a house in London dropped from a record high of £514,000 in November to £496,000 in December. London saw average house prices decrease between November and December...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to launch a fund that would channel up to £375m into fast growing UK tech companies that could leave the taxpayer with stakes in dozens of start-ups. The new initiative, called “Future Fund: Breakthrough”,...
