Chancellor given Budget warning as Iran war borrowing costs slash headroom by billions A new report has indicated that John Healey will have to seriously consider tax rises or spending cuts The Independent UK · Sep 21
'Tax rises' in Budget: How London could be hammered with £624m 'mansion' levy on homes over £1.5m Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster and Camden would be areas most impacted by lower threshold for the tax Evening Standard · Sep 21
The fear of a terrifying exit tax will send more billionaires abroad Britain has lost Chris Rokos and the £330m he paid in tax —and with countries like Greece wooing the wealthy, targeting them for even more cash isn’t the answer, writes Chris Blackhurst Evening Standard · Sep 21
Lib Dems press for 10p fuel duty cut until Christmas The party also wants the planned 3p fuel duty rise due in January to be scrapped. Evening Standard · Sep 20
Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of ‘fiddling while Europe risks burning’ Tory leader claims prime minister is avoiding difficult decisions as she urges him to increase defence spending The Guardian - UK · Sep 19
Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of ‘fiddling’ while Putin threatens to burn Europe The Tory leader has urged the prime minister to cut welfare spending to fund defence The Independent UK · Sep 19
Badenoch accuses Burnham of ‘fiddling’ while Putin threatens to burn Europe The Tory leader has urged the Prime Minister to cut welfare spending to fund defence. Evening Standard · Sep 19
London mansion tax bombshell as Healey 'considers lowering threshold to £1.5m' hitting thousands in capital Thousands more London homeowners could be dragged into paying the expensive property tax Evening Standard · Sep 19
Spend £6bn to ‘save’ millions of renters at Budget, Burnham urged Rental costs are increasingly unaffordable for lower-income households, new report warns The Independent UK · Sep 18
Burnham urged by opposition parties to follow Macron and act with more urgency on Russian threat – as it happened French president Emmanuel Macron earlier said he put measures in place to protect the country’s critical infrastructure The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
John Healey to urge EU ministers to include UK in ‘Made in Europe’ trade scheme The Made in Europe scheme is designed to protect the continent’s manufacturing from global competition like China The Independent UK · Sep 18
What is the EU’s ‘made in Europe’ plan – and will the UK be part of it? Chancellor John Healey will urge EU finance ministers in Dublin not to exclude British businesses from the bloc's "made in Europe" procurement plan. The EU initiative aims to protect continental manufacturing from competition, raising concerns for UK sectors such as car manufacturing and steel. Healey will advocate for closer ties… The Independent UK · Sep 18
The Independent UK · Sep 18 Andy Burnham considering tax hike on holiday lets ahead of Budget The chancellor is reportedly weighing up introducing a tax on holiday lets by classifying them as second homes rather than businesses
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 Nato head: Britain must show ‘credible path’ of annual defence budget increases Mark Rutte said Britain will need to steadily increase defence spending to meet Nato target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 With Kemi’s new shadow chancellor, the Tories must hope for a bout of public amnesia Andrew Griffith is keen on clearing red tape. Good job he wasn’t part of a Treasury team that abolished the Office for Tax Simplification
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 The Bank of England is shaking up its bond sales – why does it matter? The UK central bank has announced shakeup of its bond sales programme as it unwinds massive balance sheet
Evening Standard · Sep 17 Tories vow to replace tax rules which have ‘badly let down’ the self-employed Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith also said he wanted to simplify tax reporting rules for small businesses.
Evening Standard · Sep 17 Do not make a difficult time worse with tax hikes, warns shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith’s comments came ahead of his first major speech since being appointed to the role by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17 Khan addresses Polanski in Urdu at London assembly, mocking Green leader’s byelection video – as it happened It comes after the Green leader, who is standing as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, recorded a campaign video in Urdu
The Independent UK · Sep 17 Energy bills could rise more than £400 next year, new forecasts warn Fresh predictions would bring levels close to those seen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 16 Shadow Chancellor warns Labour against tax rises and red tape for small businesses In his first major speech Andrew Griffith will also urge the Government to take further steps to help small businesses and self-employed people
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16 Nato leader warns of ‘most dangerous and complex security environment in a generation’ Mark Rutte asks UK and Europe to ‘provide hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertainty
Evening Standard · Sep 16 Trade union boss among Chancellor’s appointments to Bank of England board Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), will take on a non-executive director position on a four-year term.