Business

The 2024 Autumn Budget in one word? Big. What we got from Rachel Reeves today was, in economic terms, a major departure from economic...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally unveiled the budget for 2024. Here are the key points: Follow live budget updates • The budget will raise...

Budgets are all about numbers. In the coming 24 hours, we’ll be engulfed with all sorts of figures – about the state of the...

The Labour manifesto never did add up. On the one hand, Keir Starmer vowed there would be “no return to austerity” under his government,...

Small businesses have called for the government to “significantly increase” the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down following the budget....

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over is set to rise by 6.7% to £12.21 – with pay for those aged...

The number of mortgages approved in September reached a level not seen in the two years since the Liz Truss mini-budget. According to figures...

Small businesses have called for the government to “significantly increase” the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down following the budget....

Adidas has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West – known as Ye – ending all legal proceedings between them, the sportswear brand has...

The government has opted not to intervene in proposals to close and redevelop part of Chatham Docks in Kent, a scheme which one of...

More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said. Administrative workers in Dunton, Stratford, Dagenham, Daventry and...

Lowri Williams is struggling to cover her basic expenses. Earning a low income with very little support, she says she feels like she’s “living...

Rent has remained unaffordable in England, having been so since records began, the latest official figures show. The typical private sector renter, on a...

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of lacking “political impartiality” ahead of its review that could be critical of the...

Hospitality industry bosses are urging trade unions to abandon a wave of London Underground strikes, warning they will put jobs at risk and businesses...

Money blog reader Jane T asks: “I want to put my house on the market. One of the previous owners was stabbed to death...

The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in...

Many airlines urge customers to pay for specific seats in advance or run the risk of being split up – but is this really...

A former chair of one of Britain’s biggest auditors is to step down as chairman of Interpath, the independent advisory firm, because of a...