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Mortgage bills ‘to rise by £5,000 a year’
More than five million families are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 by the end of 2024, a think…
Friday 6 November 2026
More than five million families are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 by the end of 2024, a think…
Jeremy Hunt is to delay a penny cut in income tax, the flagship announcement in the disastrous mini-budget, to help plug a black hole in the…
Electric Mini production is to be shifted from the UK to China in a fresh blow to Britain's ambitions for a green car industry.
Troubled battery start-up Britishvolt could collapse within the next two months if emergency funding is not found, according to a report.
Liverpool dock workers will stage two more weeks of strikes in a long-running row over pay and jobs.
The government will raise corporation tax despite promising not to do so in the mini-budget.
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as Liz Truss’s new chancellor, in a stunning reversal of political fortune and a sign that the beleaguered prime minister wants…
A cryptocurrency firm that employs the former chancellor Philip Hammond as an adviser has withdrawn its application to operate in the UK, after struggling to win…
Liz Truss is poised to sack her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and announce plans to raise corporation tax as she abandons key parts of her mini-budget in…
Senior Conservatives are holding talks about replacing Liz Truss with a joint ticket of Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt as part of a “coronation” by MPs.
The sharp rise in borrowing costs since Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-budget” means that most of Britain’s warehouses, offices and shopping centres will lose as much as a…
Lenders expect the availability of mortgages and consumer and corporate credit to shrink as more people and businesses default on loans.
Kwasi Kwarteng is ending his trip to Washington a day early, flying back to London amid speculation that the government is planning another U-turn on its…
The Bank of England is set to stop its government bond-buying scheme today after attempting to reassure the UK's financial markets.
Royal Mail has announced it will begin a process to make 5,000 to 6,000 roles redundant by August next year.