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UK economy

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    The benefits and limits of privatisation

    We can draw important lessons from the UK’s varied experience

    Holidaymakers play and relax on Borth Beach next to a storm overflow pipe that discharges into the sea
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Ofwat employed consultants that also worked for water groups

    Embattled regulator for England and Wales faces accusation of conflict of interest

    A woman walks past a fence featuring Thames Water imagery
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    UK employment
    Demand for staff sinks to four-year low in UK

    Tax rises spread gloom over pre-Xmas jobs market, recruiters report in November

    Workers cross London Bridge
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    New UK planning rules will bypass councils to fast-track housebuilding

    Housing secretary Angela Rayner says ministers will be ‘grasping the nettle’ in system overhaul

    Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner addresses the Local Government Association
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    News in-depthLaw
    Mastercard settlement puts UK class action lawsuits on trial

    Financial backer of landmark case complains £200mn deal ‘too low’, as other large companies face wave of claims

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Brexit
    EU will demand early fish deal in UK reset talks

    Requirement among red lines drawn up by Brussels ahead of 2025 negotiations

    Fishing in the North Sea
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Brexit
    Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU

    UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Scottish economy
    Scotland’s ‘sport of kings’ hit by extreme weather and land reform

    Grouse shooting industry says it sustains rural life but opponents argue it is time for transition

    A controlled burning of heather, known as muirburn, to aid rejuvenation, on the 10,000 acre Lochan estate, near Amulree, Scotland, on November 20
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    Starmer to launch major government spending review

    Ministers told to make their case for money from tight public funds

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves at Downing Street last month
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Hitachi Ltd
    Hitachi chair warns UK train factory at risk unless HS2 northern leg revived

    Toshiaki Higashihara says jobs at Newton Aycliffe site near Durham cannot be guaranteed without increased demand

    Toshiaki Higashihara
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?

    Britain’s illness-related inactivity crisis looks increasingly like a mirage

    Montage image of a medical professional taking a blood pressure reading from a patient
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK tax
    UK’s largest estates pay an average of £9mn in inheritance tax

    Wealthiest estates face prospect of higher rates of liability following the Budget

  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Rachel Reeves
    We need the best of business innovation in government

    Growth that does not make working people better off is pointless

    Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer visit construction workers and apprentices in the City of London
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK trade
    UK’s balanced trade with US reduces risk of fresh Trump tariffs, says Reynolds

    Focus on services may mean Britain does not face ire of incoming US president, business secretary tells FT summit

    Jonathan Reynolds speaking to George Parker at the FT Global Boardroom
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Qatar looks to buy another 12 Typhoon jets from UK

    New order would provide boost to production for BAE Systems

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani outside 10 Downing Street
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Thames Water
    Thames Water receives bid from Covalis and France’s Suez

    UK investor is teaming up with French group as part of a bid for control of troubled utility

    A sign displaying the Thames Water Ltd. company logo on protective barriers surrounding water supply works in London
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    News in-depthUK politics
    How reachable are Keir Starmer’s new policy ‘milestones’?

    Targets aimed at showing voters that government is on track vary wildly in ambition, experts say

    Montage shows Sir Keir Starmer, newbuild housing and an NHS worker with an elderly patient against a data background
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    UK tax
    Number of people caught in 60% ‘tax trap’ up 45% in two years

    Rise for taxpayers earning more than £100,000 blamed on frozen thresholds and wage inflation

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    UK businesses expect lower margins and higher prices after Budget

    Survey finds 54% of companies plan to raise prices in 2025 after national insurance increase

    The London city skyline
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer, it’s all about delivering on those pledges

    Labour’s biggest problem remains its promises on income tax, value added tax and national insurance

    Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference with a ‘5 Missions For A Better Britain’ logo in the background
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Neal Hudson
    Why London’s property market is stagnating

    The capital is stuck in a rut; digging itself out is not going to be easy — or cheap

    Combination image of Victorian houses and an arrow pointing downward then flattening
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Scottish politics
    Scottish government vows to scrap two-child benefit cap

    SNP administration sets out record healthcare spending as it seeks to double down on policy priorities

    Shona Robison
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Tata Steel Ltd
    Tata Steel UK losses jump fourfold

    Indian-owned group takes £1.12bn hit after writing down value of legacy assets

    Tata Steel’s Port Talbot site in Wales
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Financial services
    Lloyds boss warns of UK ‘investability problem’ after motor finance ruling

    Sector left reeling after court backs consumer complaints about ‘secret commissions’ on car loans

    Black Horse sign
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    UK interest rates
    BoE governor expects four UK rate cuts next year as inflation eases

    Andrew Bailey welcomes better than expected fall in price growth in FT interview

    Chris Giles interviews Andrew Bailey
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