Chancellor John Healey has stated that the United Kingdom maintains the lowest capital gains tax rate among major European economies. This assertion, made in an interview with The Sunday Times,
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Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, has issued a direct warning to the UK government that the airline will reduce its flight capacity in the country if plans to introduce
The City of London Corporation has warned that introducing new taxes on the financial and professional services sector would threaten the United Kingdom’s economic prosperity. Chris Hayward, the policy chairman
Reform UK has dismissed a potential Conservative pledge to abolish inheritance tax as a desperate attempt to win votes. The clash between the two parties has intensified as Kemi Badenoch
Hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos has relocated to Greece, adding his name to a growing list of ultra-wealthy individuals leaving the United Kingdom. The move is expected to result in
Andy Burnham faces significant constraints in delivering substantial cost of living support without increasing taxation, according to warnings from economists. These concerns follow a recent spike in government bond yields
pNew financial projections have sharpened the political disconnect between Labour’s drive for fiscal devolution and the daily burden on households, with national council tax receipts in England forecast to climb
The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is reportedly weighing significant reform proposals for England’s beleaguered social care system, with a new levy on workers’ earnings emerging as a leading contender for
The discourse about Britain’s property tax regime is rarely calm, but a renewed discussion about replacing or supplementing council tax and stamp duty with alternative models has gained fresh urgency.
The early days of a new administration offer a precarious window for defining priorities, yet they also confront the hard limits of a public finance landscape that few governments can
The Office for Budget Responsibility has acquired an unshowy talent for delivering bad news in a voice so measured that Westminster can pretend, for a while, not to hear it.
Manchester and Stansted have spent the past year doing what British aviation has become adept at since the pandemic: absorbing shocks, improvising around constraints, and still finding a way to
Tom Kerridge has chosen a pointed moment to make his case. The chef, whose Hand & Flowers in Marlow remains the country’s only two Michelin-starred pub, is leading a campaign
Andy Burnham has spent much of the past decade arguing that the future of British politics lies not in the old habits of Westminster centralisation, but in a redistribution of
In a landscape characterised by economic challenge and uncertainty, the British Chambers of Commerce has amplified calls for a strategic reorientation of the country’s pension tax relief system. At a
As Defence Secretary Grant Shapps takes centre stage in Parliament, the political atmosphere grows ever more charged, with key figures in the Labour Party being pressed to address the pressing