The Conservatives are said to be discussing scrapping inheritance tax in a bid to win over voters at the next election. What is the tax, how...
Train drivers will refuse to work overtime for a week at the height of the school summer holidays, threatening disruption to services. The action – part...
An inquiry into payments for Post Office workers affected by the Horizon IT scandal is urging the government to take action and change the law because...
A technology company that helps retailers analyse footfall data more effectively has raised millions of pounds in funding from one of Britain’s leading networks of angel...
Gresham House, a London-listed asset manager which invests in sectors including forestry and battery storage, is in talks about a private equity takeover. Sky News has...
The government has signed an agreement to join an Indo-Pacific trading bloc, although the estimated benefit could only be £1.8bn in GDP. In announcing the formal...
The government is poised to shelve plans to crack down on Britain’s fast-growing ‘buy now pay later’ (BNPL) industry amid Whitehall concerns that it could curb...
Young adults and renters are some of the people worst hit by rising prices as official figures show around one in 20 said they had run...
Almost 1,000 workers at Gatwick Airport, including baggage handlers and check-in staff, will stage eight days of strikes from later this month. Staff will strike in...
Young adults and renters are some of the groups of people worst hit by rising prices, official figures show. Those aged 25 to 34 were at...
The US competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the creator of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an examination...
The economy contracted in May as the additional public holiday for the King’s coronation weighed on output, according to official figures. Data from the Office for...
Fees for drivers dropping off holiday-goers have increased at more than a third of UK airports. Since August 2022, eight out of 21 airports analysed by...
Nearly a million mortgage holders around the country will see their monthly repayments jump by £500 or more in the coming years, the Bank of England...
Rishi Sunak has hinted there will be no tax cuts on offer from the government before the next general election, as his party faces three by-elections...
A new economic organisation, set up by Liz Truss, will launch on Wednesday, with a report claiming the average British person is £10,000 worse off than...
The dispute between Royal Mail and staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has officially come to an end after months of bitter exchanges. Members...
The average two-year fixed mortgage rate now being demanded of borrowers has climbed above the levels seen last year when financial markets baulked at the government’s...
The UK competition watchdog is ready to reopen talks with Microsoft after the company agreed to halt legal proceedings over its planned merger with Activision Blizzard....
The pace of wage growth, already described as “unsustainable” by the governor of the Bank of England, has risen further, according to shock official figures. The...