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Andy Burnham slashing business rates bills for pubs is “a step in the right direction” but it’s “only one part of the challenge facing the hospitality sector” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Andy Burnham slashing business rates bills for pubs is “a step in the right direction” but it’s “only one part of the challenge facing the hospitality sector”

Andy Burnham’s cap on single bus tickets at £2 is another “sticking plaster without addressing the longer term causes” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Andy Burnham’s cap on single bus tickets at £2 is another “sticking plaster without addressing the longer term causes”

Inflation rate falls to 2.6% with experts warning it’s “a step in the right direction rather than a turning point” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Inflation rate falls to 2.6% with experts warning it’s “a step in the right direction rather than a turning point”

Angela Rayner returns as housing secretary despite tax mistake in “slap in the face to anyone who plays by the rules” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Angela Rayner returns as housing secretary despite tax mistake in “slap in the face to anyone who plays by the rules”

Douglas Patient/6 days ago

Andy Burnham says schools will offer technical subjects including AI to pupils from age 14 in “long overdue” move – but plans are “political garnish, not an employment strategy”

Andy Burnham says schools will offer technical subjects including AI to pupils from age 14 in “long overdue” move – but plans are “political garnish, not an employment strategy” featured image

Andy Burnham cuts tax on household electricity bills, saving families around 90p a week, but experts warn it’s just a “token gesture” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Andy Burnham cuts tax on household electricity bills, saving families around 90p a week, but experts warn it’s just a “token gesture”

Barclays, Halifax and HSBC increase mortgage rates by up to 0.20% as brokers warn “as long as war rages, mortgage rates will be turbulent” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 weeks ago

Barclays, Halifax and HSBC increase mortgage rates by up to 0.20% as brokers warn “as long as war rages, mortgage rates will be turbulent”

GDP grew by “encouraging” 0.1% in May despite Iran war – but experts warn the UK is a “stagnant economy” featured image

Douglas Patient/3 weeks ago

GDP grew by “encouraging” 0.1% in May despite Iran war – but experts warn the UK is a “stagnant economy”

Barclays increases its mortgage rates by up to 0.37% as oil prices rise again – brokers urge borrowers to not panic featured image

Douglas Patient/3 weeks ago

Barclays increases its mortgage rates by up to 0.37% as oil prices rise again – brokers urge borrowers to not panic

Government announces “cheaper vet fees and new ombudsman” in major reforms to vet sector but “practical outcome could be higher fees and higher insurance premiums” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago

Government announces “cheaper vet fees and new ombudsman” in major reforms to vet sector but “practical outcome could be higher fees and higher insurance premiums”

Barclays cuts rates by up to 0.66% but brokers warn growing volatility in the Middle East could “push mortgage rates up again” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/4 weeks ago

Barclays cuts rates by up to 0.66% but brokers warn growing volatility in the Middle East could “push mortgage rates up again”

First-time buyer ISA welcomed as ‘better direction’ than LISA – but experts warn it won’t solve the housing crisis featured image

Douglas Patient/1 month ago

First-time buyer ISA welcomed as ‘better direction’ than LISA – but experts warn it won’t solve the housing crisis

Keir Starmer resigning “adds yet another degree of uncertainty in an already volatile housing market” as experts urge Burnham to abolish stamp duty featured image

Douglas Patient/1 month ago

Keir Starmer resigning “adds yet another degree of uncertainty in an already volatile housing market” as experts urge Burnham to abolish stamp duty

Pound falls to lowest level in a year as Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister with “immediate volatility to the UK financial markets” featured image

Douglas Patient/1 month ago

Pound falls to lowest level in a year as Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister with “immediate volatility to the UK financial markets”

Keir Starmer announces under-16s ban for social media in move that “cannot come soon enough” – but experts warn “the problem is how you enforce it” featured image

Douglas Patient/2 months ago

Keir Starmer announces under-16s ban for social media in move that “cannot come soon enough” – but experts warn “the problem is how you enforce it”

Companies House to bring in changes to accounts filing from April 2028: “Yet another burden for the smallest of businesses who are already stretched” featured image

Dominic Hiatt/2 months ago

Companies House to bring in changes to accounts filing from April 2028: “Yet another burden for the smallest of businesses who are already stretched”

Renewed tension in the Middle East “has the potential to put upward pressure on mortgage rates” say brokers featured image

Dominic Hiatt/2 months ago

Renewed tension in the Middle East “has the potential to put upward pressure on mortgage rates” say brokers