City minister takes aim at cash ISAs in call to back the stock market
The City minister lamented the hundreds of billions of pounds stashed away in Cash ISAs today as she called for Brits to ...
UK interest rates set to fall at Bank of England meeting on Thursday
Experts are predicting a rate cut to 4.5% – but signs of rising inflation leave the Bank walking ‘a tightrope’ for future ...
Rachel Reeves 'will have to cut spending or raise taxes to balance books' after Budget sparked economic slowdown and borrowing costs rise
The Chancellor is trapped by sluggish growth and high borrowing costs that have made her financial headroom evaporate, ...
Millions to get £1,400 pay rise in April with inflation-busting boost
More than three million workers across the UK are set to get a bumper pay rise in April as new wage rates for the year come ...
National Living Wage: Millions set for £1,400 pay rise
Millions of workers will receive a pay rise worth as much as £1,400 from April, as the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage increase. More than 3 million workers in shops, restaurants ...
UK economy will ‘struggle’ to grow more than one per cent in 2025
The UK economy will "struggle" to grow by any more than one per cent, according to EY, a significant downgrade on its ...
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UK economic growth forecasts downgraded for 2025 – EY
UK gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 1% in 2025, according to EY’s winter forecasts. It had previously ...
UK interest rate cut a ‘sure bet’ amid faltering economic growth, say experts
The Bank of England’s top economists will meet on February 6 when forecasters predict they will cut the base interest rate to ...
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Price of wine and spirits to increase while tax on draught pints to drop amid changes set to come into effect on Saturday
The price of wine and spirits is set to increase from Saturday - yet the price of draught beers will slightly drop.
King’s wine merchant blames Reeves’s tax raid as it cuts jobs
Berry Bros & Rudd, the King’s wine merchant, is to cut dozens of jobs as it battles falling sales and rising costs following ...
Wall Street follows FTSE higher as traders weigh US economy slowdown and ECB rate decision
US GDP grew by 2.3% on an annualised basis in the final quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This was ...
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DWP Winter Fuel Payments call for return for all pensioners
DWP Winter Fuel Payments have been back in the commons, with increasing calls to reinstate it to all pensioners. Rachel Reeves could become known as “the Chancellor who was brave enough to change ...