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One-off tax on the wealthy to pay for coronavirus
A one-off "wealth tax" would be the best way to patch up UK public finances battered by the coronavirus crisis, tax experts have said.
Friday 30 October 2026
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A one-off "wealth tax" would be the best way to patch up UK public finances battered by the coronavirus crisis, tax experts have said.
Sales of Christmas lights have more than tripled as consumers planned to put up their festive decorations early, according to retail industry data.
The government’s furlough scheme should cover workers infected with Covid-19 to prevent the spread of the disease by people who cannot afford to self-isolate, according to…
November was the biggest month ever for UK grocery sales with shoppers spending almost £11bn as the return of lockdown in England drove supermarket purchases of…
Honda is to pause production at its UK plant today because of a shortage of car parts caused by delays in getting parts into Britain in…
Employers are cutting back on permanent hiring and are turning to temporary staff because of uncertainty about the economic outlook, according to a report.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the chemicals tycoon and one of the outspoken billionaire backers of Brexit, has turned his back on the UK with plans to build…
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is in talks to buy Debenhams out of administration, raising hopes of a last-ditch rescue for the 240-year-old UK department store chain.
Uber is selling its self-driving car business to a smaller rival in a $4 billion deal that ends the ride-hailing group’s ambitions to develop its own…
Boris Johnson is to fly to Brussels for an eleventh-hour summit with Ursula von der Leyen this week after two days of Brexit talks between negotiators…
One Premier League fixture sticks out more than any other next weekend: The Manchester derby. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team travel to Old Trafford on Saturday…
Builders are running short of everything from power tools and screws to timber and roof tiles as the gridlock at UK ports holds up crucial deliveries…
B&Q owner Kingfisher has said it will return £130m in business rates relief it has received from the government during the Covid pandemic.
Shopping with small and local businesses has never been more important with almost one third of the UK’s SMEs relying on the Christmas period to help…
UK businesses still have unanswered questions about Brexit less than a month before the transition period ends, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.