Hands off our cash ISAs! Chancellor warned proposal to slash amount that can be put in tax-free accounts could hurt savers AND trigger a mortgage crisis
Major firms argue that almost £300 billion sitting in cash Isas would generate better returns - and help Labour's growth ...
Does Labour think benefit claimants are ‘taking the mickey’?
An offhand remark by the minister in charge of welfare reform illustrates the scale of the problem facing this government, ...
PM warns ministers can ‘be disruptors or disrupted’ in six-hour Cabinet meeting
During an initial political Cabinet, without Civil Service officials, the Prime Minister took aim at “right-wing populists” ...
Miliband refuses to say whether he personally backs Heathrow
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has refused to say whether he is personally in favour of the expansion of Heathrow airport. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Labour government ...
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Labour is wilfully ignoring that the climate crisis is at a crunch point
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer appear happy to pursue growth at any cost – including the destruction of the planet ...
Back to the 70s nightmare: Labour's Britain faces a new era of rising inflation, flatlining growth and stagflation, the Bank of England warns
A hundred days on from the Budget, the Bank slashed its prediction for UK growth this year by half, to just 0.75 per cent, ...
Bank of England’s top economist dismisses hopes of big interest rates cuts in further blow to Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year. At such a critical moment ...
FTSE falls and Wall Street heads lower as US job creation slows in January
US stocks traded lower after fresh data showed the economy added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than the 175,000 expected by ...
Ousted competition chief warns Reeves’s growth bid risks backfiring
The ousted boss of Britain’s competition watchdog has hit back at Rachel Reeves amid concerns that the Government plans to ...
Stagflation: Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces mess of her own making
The Bank now expects the UK economy to grow 0.7 per cent this year, cut from a previous estimate of 1.5 per cent. Inflation, ...
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Leadership Shake-Up at Britain's Financial Ombudsman Service
Abby Thomas, the chief executive and chief ombudsman of Britain's Financial Ombudsman Service, is stepping down after more than two years. The announcement comes amid increased pressure from finance ...
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Live: Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5%
The Bank of England voted to reduce the base rate by 25 basis points at the first MPC meeting of the year, as widely ...