Business

A decision on whether to proceed with the controversial sale of The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, will be made by Christmas, its...

The chancellor cannot rule out more tax rises in the next five years, despite raising the burden to its highest level since comparable records...

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

Are you richer or poorer? Use our budget calculator to see how you have been affected by Labour’s first budget in more than 14...

More tax, more borrowing, more spending. This was a big budget by every measure, but will loom largest for businesses that will bear the...

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...