To boost UK productivity, ordinary workers must bear more of the tax burden

The key to restoring both fiscal sustainability and productivity growth is to expand Britain’s most competitive businesses ...

Reeves could face £20bn Budget hole as UK productivity downgraded

A downgrade to the UK's productivity performance from the government's official forecaster could lead to the chancellor ...

UK faces bigger than expected cut to productivity forecast, sources say

Britain's budget watchdog is expected to cut a key productivity forecast by a larger-than-expected 0.3 percentage points, ...

Rachel Reeves considers ‘exit tax’ for wealthy Britons fleeing the country

Shadow cabinet minister Robert Jenrick slams Labour chancellor and calls for her to rule out ‘crazy’ and ‘desperate’ idea that would see ‘wealth creators sprint for the door’ ...

Rachel Reeves crisis as borrowing soars and 'UK on verge of being repossessed'

Experts have waded into shocking new Office for National Statistics data showing UK's borrowing soared last month, in part ...

UK second most at risk from debt crisis of all major economies

France is the only major economy more likely to face a debt crisis in the next two years, a fresh survey of institutional investors has found ...
Mortgage Strategy

Budget tax reforms need to pull build-to-rent out of ‘viability crisis’: BPF

Developers need tax reforms and regulatory stability to pull construction out of its “viability crisis” at next month’s ...

UK considers easing late payment rules in blow to small suppliers

Late payments have been blamed for holding back the economy with small businesses having to spend time chasing invoices rather than focusing on growth. The government has said the issue costs the UK ...
Wakefield Express

Survey reveals hidden toll of late payments on UK business owners

A recent UK industry survey has exposed the impact of late payments on business owners across the United Kingdom.