Recession to last until the summer
Britain will be in recession until next summer, according to an influential forecaster, as Whitehall officials battle to restore the…
High cost of borrowing puts firms on their guard
Credit is at its most expensive in more than a decade, finance chiefs have said as they forecast that revenues…
Covid gains fade for small investors
Retail investors have seen their gains since the onset of the pandemic all but wiped out in the midst of…
Liverpool dock workers to stage two more weeks of strikes in long-running pay row
Liverpool dock workers will stage two more weeks of strikes in a long-running row over pay and jobs. The Unite…
Britishvolt seeks £200m emergency funding within the next two months
Troubled battery start-up Britishvolt could collapse within the next two months if emergency funding is not found, according to a…
BMW moves Mini production out of Britain in bitter blow for UK’s electric car ambitions
Electric Mini production is to be shifted from the UK to China in a fresh blow to Britain’s ambitions for…
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…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delays 1p income tax cut
Jeremy Hunt is to delay a penny cut in income tax, the flagship announcement in the disastrous mini-budget, to help…
Has Hunt done enough to stave off another Black Monday after an absolutely crazy political week?
Jeremy Hunt hit the TV and radio studios yesterday like a whirlwind. Hours into his new job as chancellor, his…
Second major mini-budget U-turn as Truss announces government will raise corporation tax
The government will raise corporation tax despite promising not to do so in the mini-budget. Kwasi Kwarteng, who was today…