Trade lobby groups warn that proposals for regional pricing risk ‘deindustrialisation’ and higher costs
Businesses freeze recruitment ahead of October 30 Budget, awaiting clarity on tax, business and employment policy
Chancellor wants to raise revenue from pay through carried interest without driving investors away
Keir Starmer has promised radical change after a decade in which training programme starts declined
The chancellor should begin moving the country to a more dynamic fiscal framework
Think-tank’s report calls for revenue facility to be fairer and more growth friendly
Glen Earrach’s pumped storage hydro project aims to facilitate energy transition with vast ‘water battery’
The sublime ruins of our heavy manufacturing past can have a new life as monuments
Plans to pass a ‘make work pay’ package may take years to take effect, warn those close to government talks
FT exclusive: Chancellor seeks to reassure investors that ‘guardrails’ will be placed around extra borrowing for investment
Interested shareholders say they have been unable to access the books as troubled utility races to raise cash
Transport minister demands changes to get a ‘grip’ on overcrowding
Increasing number of people are pulling money from retirement pots early because of tax uncertainty
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Michael Lyons says potential locations for housing developments will be identified next summer
Millions of people have five-figure sums sitting in cash, in spite of inflation’s corrosive effects
Analysts lay out the range of options at the chancellor’s disposal as Starmer warns of ‘decisions’ on the horizon
Reforms to employment law could backfire unless the Fair Work Agency can make the rules stick
New mortgage deals on offer should prompt wariness
Three sites are earmarked for development but prospects for five more have become unclear
UK chancellor vows to avoid Jeremy Hunt’s ‘mistakes’ and stokes optimism that spending could surpass manifesto
Industry calls for tax cuts to boost market in open letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves
Newly self-employed advised to check need to register as deadline looms
Bank of England governor opens door to a faster pace of rate cuts if inflationary pressures continue to ease
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