Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed the UK government made a tactical retreat over its flagship planning bill in an attempt to speed it on to the statute book.

Budget has started early this year as the government navigates a tough economic backdrop and failed spending cuts ...

Challenged on whether taxes at around 38 per cent of GDP represented a 'ceiling', the Chancellor stressed that her rules only ...

Britain’s “ most hated of taxes ” is increasingly a “meal ticket” for the nation’s coffers, financial experts have warned.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) revenues have plunged following Rachel Reeves's sweeping reforms, and the Treasury now faces ...

Labour "remains deaf, blind and indifferent" to the economic damage caused by Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, farmers ...

Capital gains tax rates were increased in the 2024 Budget but fresh data suggests the policy is failing to boost government ...

The public sector borrowed £20.7billion last month, far higher than the £17.6billion analysts had pencilled in.

Budget tax hikes even more likely after huge jump in June borrowing - Last month’s figures only exceeded in June 2020 at the ...

Tax experts have been queuing up to warn that a blanket tax on wealth is both unlikely and unfeasible. But as ministers ...

Faced with a challenging set of numbers, the chancellor is having to make difficult choices with political consequences.

Lloyds and Natwest will kick off earnings on July 24 and July 25 followed by peers Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered the ...