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18.06.2025 | The Tax Tightrope: UK’s Fiscal Future Hangs in the Balance | The UK is teetering on a fiscal tightrope. Tax Freedom Day, the moment when citizens stop working for the government and start earning for themselves, is slipping further into the calendar. In 2028, it could fall on the 174th day of the yea... |
18.06.2025 | Labour is locking Britain into a high-tax, low-growth doom loop | Tax, borrowing, the cost of borrowing, unemployment and inflation are all going up, while growth is going down. Yet in the face of this, Labour’s instinct is to tax more, spend more and centralise more, says Simon Clarke
When in a big hole,... |
16.06.2025 | The UK insisted unpopular tax rises were a one-off. Economists say hikes are now inevitable | U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged last year that the government would not conduct another tax raid. She might not have any other option.
The government’s fiscal “headroom” could evaporate soon, meaning tax rises are increasingly likely ... |
15.06.2025 | ‘You’ll have to wait and see’: Reeves’ deputy can’t rule out autumn tax rises | Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones refused to rule out further tax hikes in the autumn budget on Sunday.
Asked on GB News whether he would rule out tax rises later this year, Jones said “that will be subject to the OBR forecasts… it’s ri... |
12.06.2025 | Brits to spend half a year waiting for Tax Freedom Day after Labour tax hikes | Tax Freedom Day is set to be on the latest ever date within a matter of years, fresh research has revealed, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves showing no signs of cutting taxes in the near future, given inflated spending.
Reeves unveiled billion... |
12.06.2025 | Council taxes set to jump in first indication bills will rise | Council taxes will rise at the fastest pace in over two decades, fresh analysis has suggested, after a government document said it expected bills to rise to pay for local services.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has pointed to gover... |
12.06.2025 | Spending Review: UK government’s DOGE to strip billions off defence and NHS | The Ministry of Defence and Department for Health and Social Care are set to see billions shaved off in what a DOGE-style body within the Treasury described as “efficiency gains” – despite both departments set to see a real terms increase i... |
11.06.2025 | The Complexity of Change: Navigating the UK’s Tax System and Economic Growth | The UK is at a crossroads. Recent government decisions have sparked debates about fairness, complexity, and economic growth. The latest changes to winter fuel payments for pensioners have raised eyebrows. Meanwhile, public confidence in the... |
11.06.2025 | UK finance minister set on ‘renewing Britain’ as she unveils spending plans | U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is delivering her Spending Review this Wednesday.
The review sets out how public money will be divided between government departments and put towards infrastructure projects over the next three to four years.
W... |
11.06.2025 | Spending Review: Whitehall faces axe to fund Reeves’ spending spree | Dramatic real terms cuts to departments such as the Home Office and the Department for Transport are to fund Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ multi-billion pound spending packages on the NHS and AI technology.
Reeves told MPs on Wednesday afternoo... |
11.06.2025 | Only roaring growth can save Reeves, and the country | The Chancellor had been speaking for about five minutes when it dawned on me that she wasn’t going to say anything interesting. By the time she got to discussing the finer points of Southport’s pier and Kirkcaldy’s high street, I’d moved on... |
10.06.2025 | Fresh blow for Rachel Reeves as voters scorn growth plans | A dwindling number of Brits have confidence that the government can deliver on its plans for economic growth, fresh polling has found, laying bare the scale of Rachel Reeves’ challenge to restore voter trust as she prepares to unveil the Sp... |
09.06.2025 | Winter fuel U-turn could lead to ‘unfair’ and ‘complex’ tax system | Treasury calculations on savings made from a means-tested winter fuel payment for nine million pensioners may be significantly reduced due to a “new complexity in the tax system”, an economics think tank has warned.
The government has claim... |
09.06.2025 | Winter fuel payments to return for 9m pensioners in £1.3bn Labour u-turn | The winter fuel payment will be handed out to 9m pensioners whose income falls below £35,000 a year, the Treasury has revealed, in a £1.25bn blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ chances of keeping her £9.9bn headroom intact.
The government’s U... |
09.06.2025 | Voters fear Reeves tax U-turn after Spending Review splash out | UK voters are worried Chancellor Rachel Reeves will betray Labour manifesto pledges not to hike income tax, a new poll has suggested, as the government looks set to ramp up investment at Wednesday’s spending review.
Sir Keir Starmer has dec... |
09.06.2025 | Government needs to focus on lowering energy costs to sell net zero, polling says | The government’s embattled net zero mission suffers from a PR problem.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has been tasked with two huge goals: achieving clean power by 2030, and net zero by 2050.
According to fresh polling by PR agency Grayling M... |
08.06.2025 | Turbulence in the UK Political Landscape: Resignations and Reforms | The political arena in the UK is experiencing a storm. Recent resignations and internal conflicts are shaking the foundations of two significant entities: the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Reform party. These e... |
06.06.2025 | Reform lost their businessman – what does this mean for the party? | Barely a week ago, Zia Yusuf was hosting journalists in the City, trying to sell them on Reform’s crypto plan.
But things quickly went awry for the Reform party chairman.
On Wednesday, Yusuf publicly contradicted Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s ca... |
04.06.2025 | Spending review: Rachel Reeves pledges £15.6bn for regional transport | The government has made its biggest spending announcement since Labour’s drubbing at the local elections in May, with a pledge from Chancellor Rachel Reeves to double investment in local transport over the next five years.
A £15.6bn cash in... |
03.06.2025 | The Tightrope of Fiscal Responsibility: Balancing Cuts and Growth in the UK | In the heart of the UK’s fiscal landscape, a storm brews. The government is grappling with a dual challenge: cutting costs while fueling growth. The latest reports from think tanks and fiscal institutions reveal a complex web of proposed cu... |
03.06.2025 | Starmer’s defence pledges will trigger a tax bombshell | Here’s a cracker of a pub quiz question for you: what links mega-rich non-doms, nuclear-powered submarines, congestion in Wigan and the Bank of England’s former chief economist? The answer, as so often appears to be the case, is tax.
On the... |
02.06.2025 | Starmer’s defence spending will mean ‘chunky’ tax rises, warns IFS | Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to boost defence spending will require “chunky” tax rises, according to the chief of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Paul Johnson told Times Radio: “…if we’re really going to spend another £10-15 billion a y... |
01.06.2025 | Spending review: Government poised to boost NHS and defence sector | The government’s spending review is likely to focus on the UK’s health and defence sectors, a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests.
The spending review, which will be published on 11 June, will allocate departmental f... |
01.06.2025 | Reeves’ spending review ‘natural point’ to boost defence -IFS | The Chancellor’s upcoming spending review provides a “natural point” to put the UK on the path to further boost defence spending, an economic think tank has said.
Defence and NHS spending will dominate the review, the Institute for Fiscal S... |
29.05.2025 | The Looming Tax Storm: A Closer Look at UK Pension Policies and Economic Proposals | The winds of change are blowing through the UK’s economic landscape. With rising government spending and a ballooning deficit, the government is eyeing new sources of revenue. The recent HMRC review signals potential shifts in pension tax p... |
29.05.2025 | The New Politics of Division and Economic Revival | In the swirling currents of global politics, two figures stand out: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Each is a master of rhetoric, wielding words like swords. They shape narratives that resonate with their followers, but often at the cost of ... |
29.05.2025 | Keir Starmer hits back at Reform’s ‘fantasy’ economic policies | Keir Starmer has hit back at Nigel Farage’s “fantasy economics,” after the Reform leader laid out a suite of fresh policies aimed at attracting voters away from Labour.
In a speech to workers in the North West later today Starmer plans make... |
29.05.2025 | 50,000 civil service jobs could be cut in Labour spending review | Civil servants are facing another round of job cuts, with as many as 50,000 civil service jobs on the line in the government’s upcoming spending review.
According to reports, ten per cent of civil servants, who number 500,000 in total, will... |
29.05.2025 | Which taxes could Rachel Reeves raise in the Autumn Budget | Rising borrowing costs, u-turns on spending cuts and a wafer-thin fiscal headroom all point to one thing: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is widely expected to put up taxes later in the year.
But given Labour’s manifesto commitment to avoid tax ri... |
28.05.2025 | Reform present Tories with chance to rebuild economic credibility | I bumped into a Tory MP in the City yesterday and after a cheerful catch up their mood crumbled when I asked about the state of their party. “We’re finished as a political force” was the frank assessment.
A couple of hours later, Nigel Fara... |
27.05.2025 | Farage unveils Reform UK’s new economic policies | Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a tranche of policies aimed at increasing birth rates in the UK, cutting down on government spending, and reinstating welfare policies as he seeks to capitalise on the party’s popularity.
The new p... |
19.05.2025 | Inflation set to ramp up after ‘Awful April’ | Inflation is expected to have risen above three per cent last month in data which will reflect the costly impacts of what has been dubbed ‘Awful April’ due to tax rises and bill hikes.
A Bloomberg poll of economists has predicted inflation ... |
14.05.2025 | The Rise of Reform UK: A Political Tsunami? | In the ever-shifting landscape of British politics, Reform UK is making waves. Recent polling data reveals a seismic shift in voter sentiment. The party, led by Nigel Farage, has surged ahead of Labour, capturing the top spot in the latest ... |
14.05.2025 | The Shifting Sands of British Politics and Agriculture | The political landscape in the UK is shifting like sand underfoot. Recent polls show Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, gaining traction. Meanwhile, farmers are grappling with the fallout from a new trade deal with the United States. Both scen... |
13.05.2025 | Reform UK tops latest City AM poll as Nigel Farage’s approval ratings climb | Nigel Farage’s approval ratings have climbed since his party’s success in the local elections, while Reform UK has surged ahead of Labour to top the latest Freshwater Strategy/City AM poll of UK voters.
Since last month’s survey, Keir Starm... |
07.05.2025 | The Rise of Reform: A New Chapter in British Politics | The political landscape in the UK is shifting. The recent local elections have shaken the foundations of the traditional two-party system. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a formidable force. This is not just a blip; it’s a si... |
06.05.2025 | Farage’s first real test: can Reform govern? | After storming to success in the local elections, Reform now holds real positions of power – so what does it intend to do with it? Asks Emma Revell
Many column inches will be spent poring over what the local elections mean for our supposedl... |
30.04.2025 | Taxes and tariffs combine to ‘drag business sentiment’ | The double whammy of Rachel Reeves’ taxes and Donald Trump’s tariffs have dragged confidence in business volumes to their lowest level in more than two years, fresh data has found, further clouding prospects for the British economy.
The UK ... |
23.04.2025 | The UK Economy: A Tightrope Walk Between Productivity and Borrowing | The UK economy is in a precarious position. It’s like a tightrope walker, balancing between productivity and borrowing. One misstep could send it tumbling down. Recent reports reveal troubling trends that could have lasting impacts on the n... |
23.04.2025 | Government borrowing in March dwarfs expectations | Government borrowing overshot expectations as it hit £16.4bn in March, official data has revealed.
Ballooning levels of borrowing will likely come as a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is under pressure to keep public finances in balan... |
16.04.2025 | Tax Burden Rising: The Stealthy Squeeze on British Wallets | The financial landscape in the UK is shifting. A quiet storm brews as millions of Brits find themselves on the hook for income tax. The culprit? A freeze on tax bands. This decision, spearheaded by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, is set to pull a... |
15.04.2025 | Millions more Brits to pay income tax amid bands freeze | Millions more Brits will be dragged into paying income tax in the coming months as Rachel Reeves squeezes the spending powers of lower earners with a freeze on tax bands.
Official data suggests that around 11 million Brits will begin paying... |
11.04.2025 | Londoners earn the most but spend very little, IFS finds | Londoners top the ranking for income per head across the UK yet spend very little after housing costs are taken into account, according to research by leading think tanks.
A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Economic ... |
11.04.2025 | UK growth in February smashes low expectations | The UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in February, official data has shown, beating forecasters’ expectations by a wide margin.
A Bloomberg poll of economists predicted growth to come in at 0.1 per cent for the month.
UK GDP grew 0.6 per cent... |
09.04.2025 | The Tariff Tango: Navigating Trade in a Tumultuous Era | The world of trade is a dance, and right now, the music is discordant. Tariffs are the heavy feet stomping on the toes of free trade. The recent moves by the Trump administration have sent shockwaves through global markets. The stakes are h... |
08.04.2025 | Reeves to meet US Treasury Secretary ‘shortly’ in trade deal race | Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she plans to meet US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump is yet to offer allies any reprieve from his tariff policy.
The UK is facing ten per cent tariffs on its goods exports to the ... |
07.04.2025 | IFS boss: We’re screwed with or without trade deals | The director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has suggested the UK could be heading for a recession as a trade deal may not be enough to revive crumbling markets or prevent a slump in economic growth.
Paul Johnson, who is set to le... |
07.04.2025 | Trump’s tariffs to push UK prices up, survey suggests | Tariffs will significantly harm British exporters that trade with the US, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), as a global trade war risks battering the UK economy.
President Trump today doubled down on his contr... |
03.04.2025 | Tariffs: The Storm on the Horizon for the UK Economy | The winds of change are blowing, and they carry the scent of uncertainty. President Donald Trump’s impending tariffs threaten to reshape the landscape of the UK economy. Analysts are sounding alarms, warning that these tariffs could push UK... |
02.04.2025 | Reeves should be honest: income tax is going up | Income tax threshold freezes are a de facto tax rise but the revenue won’t be fully realised until the end of the parliament. She should adjust rates now while there’s still time to improve public services before the next election? And fix ... |
01.04.2025 | ‘Awful April’ price hikes will cause ‘inflation surge’ | Sweeping price hikes coming into effect from Tuesday are set to push up inflation, a leading economics consultancy has said, as what many have called ‘Awful April’ is set to put an extra burden on businesses’ costs.
Higher costs in everythi... |
01.04.2025 | IFS director: Tariffs risk undermining ‘best case’ OBR forecasts | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson has raised questions about whether the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)’s forecasts would remain credible should President Trump slap tariffs on UK goods on Wednesday.
The OBR’s... |
31.03.2025 | The Fiscal Tightrope: Rachel Reeves and the Taxing Times Ahead | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is walking a tightrope. Her recent Spring Statement, meant to showcase fiscal strength, has instead revealed cracks in the foundation. Just two days after her announcement, Bloomberg Economics reported that Reeves l... |
31.03.2025 | Starmer and Trump to continue trade talks ‘at pace’ | Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump discussed “productive negotiations” to advance a UK-US trade deal and agreed they will “continue at pace” in a phone call on Sunday night, Downing Street has said.
The UK is trying to negotiate an exemption... |
28.03.2025 | Booze, chocolate, meat, flights: What will Labour tax next? | Pitiful growth forecasts will tempt Reeves to impose sin taxes on everything from a can of coke to a holiday, says James Price
I’ve previously called the Chancellor Reeves the Roundhead in these pages, in honour of her fun-killing ways. But... |
28.03.2025 | Rachel Reeves has already lost half of her £9.9bn headroom | Chancellor Rachel Reeves has had £5bn wiped off her headroom less than 48 hours after she delivered her Spring Statement, a calculation by Bloomberg Economics has suggested.
Chancellor Reeves has received several warnings from leading econo... |
27.03.2025 | Mortgage Market: A Flicker of Hope Amidst Economic Storms | The mortgage market is a complex beast, often swayed by economic winds. Recently, a glimmer of optimism emerged, as homebuyer demand ticked up. But is this a true recovery or just a fleeting moment? Mortgage applications for home purchases ... |
27.03.2025 | Reeves ‘lost gamble’ and is likely to raise taxes, IFS claims | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is “likely” to raise taxes at this year’s Autumn Budget, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson has warned, as he claimed an extension to income tax thresholds would make for the “easiest political... |
26.03.2025 | Spring Statement 2025: ‘Very small’ headroom risks getting erased again, OBR warns | Rachel Reeves faces the prospect of her newly-restored fiscal headroom being wiped out again ahead of the Autumn budget, raising the spectre of fresh take hikes in the future as she battles sluggish growth and economic headwinds.
The Chance... |
19.03.2025 | The Tipping Point: Navigating Welfare Reforms and Plant-Based Revolution | In the heart of political discourse, welfare reforms and dietary shifts are two sides of the same coin. Both reflect society's evolving values and priorities. The UK government is poised to reshape its welfare system, while India is on the ... |
19.03.2025 | Welfare reforms: What are the politics of Labour’s benefits changes? | Over the past few weeks, it’s been hard to avoid reports of the government preparing the ground for a string of changes to the UK’s welfare system.
Call it kite flying, pitch rolling, or testing the waters, when work and pensions secretary ... |
19.03.2025 | Will Rachel Reeves hike taxes in her first Spring Statement? | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to make her first Spring Statement next week, and rumours are starting to swirl that the tax hikes could be on the cards as she tries to get the government debt under control.
Given the Chancellor’s commitmen... |
19.03.2025 | Should I consolidate my pension pots? | The UK is reckoning with a proliferation of small pension pots, which is increasing costs for providers and making retirement planning challenging for savers.
The cheapest Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) providers
According to researc... |
20.11.2024 | Winds of Change: Scotland's Offshore Energy Future Faces Challenges and Opportunities | Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, carrying both promise and peril. On one hand, a £2.5 million funding boost for offshore wind technology shines a light on innovation and sustainability. On the other, Dundee ... |
14.11.2024 | Dundee University Braces for Job Cuts Amid £30M Deficit | Dundee University has warned staff that job cuts are incoming as the institution faces a £30 million deficit in the coming financial year.
Principal and vice-chancellor, Iain Gillespie, sent an email to the university’s 3,000 staff, telling... |
31.10.2024 | UK’s Tax Hike: A Double-Edged Sword for Growth and Innovation | The UK government has unveiled a budget that raises taxes by £40 billion, the largest increase since 1993. This bold move aims to address public finance gaps while boosting investments in essential services like the National Health Service ... |
25.10.2024 | UK's Reeves to change debt target to boost public investment | WASHINGTON: British finance minister Rachel Reeves will change the measure of public debt that the government targets in next week's budget to allow billions of pounds of more borrowing for investment, she said on Thursday (Oct 24).
Reeves ... |
11.09.2024 | ‘Hard to justify’: IFS calls for Reeves to limit pension tax-free lump sum | - |
19.07.2024 | Ultra-rich entrepreneurs threaten to desert Britain over tax | Macro MattersUltra-rich entrepreneurs threaten to desert Britain over tax
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26.06.2024 | Next UK government must address ‘long-term scars’ of Brexit and austerity – study | LONDON, UK – Newsaktuell – 26 June 2024 – A decline in effective national governance and the “long-term scars” caused by austerity measures and Brexit have stifled economic growth and undermined social cohesion in the United Kingdom, accord... |
24.06.2024 | IFS: Labour and Conservative manifestos ‘singularly fail’ to address fiscal challenges | - |
04.05.2024 | Long-term sickness: How worsening mental health is holding back the economy | Economic inactivity, driven by long-term sickness, is fast becoming one of the most pressing challenges facing the UK economy.
2.7m people are out of work due to ill-health, up from 2.1m people pre-pandemic. The increase in long-term sickne... |
13.04.2024 | Commentary: Forget boomers vs millennials, the next conflict is millennials vs each other | LONDON: When millennials first emerged, blinking, into the adult world in the 2010s, they quickly bonded over shared adversity. First scarred by a rocky labour market in the aftermath of the financial crisis, they then realised that a decad... |
05.04.2024 | Women in UK finance earn a third less than male colleagues, data shows | World at WorkWomen in UK finance earn a third less than male colleagues, data shows
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16.03.2024 | Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says | Economy Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says
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07.03.2024 | Fact-checking Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget: Who are the real winners and losers? | The dust has settled on a pre-election Spring Budget which did not deliver any major surprises.
Jeremy Hunt cut National Insurance by 2p, handing back £10m to taxpayers in a repeat of the move he made in November’s Autumn Statement.
“Conser... |
18.10.2023 | 'Girl math' is toxic and it could be holding women back from growing wealth, says a financial specialist | Money in the Metaverse We Are/Getty Images
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To Burt, the viral TikTok trend #girlmath reiterates the stereotype that women are bad a... |
08.03.2023 | Breaking stereotypes and developing future female talent: advice from a female Chief Revenue Officer in tech | International Women’s Day (IWD) aims to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – and there’s certainly no shortage of inspirational women to celebrate in the tech sector.
Hedy Lamarr, the inventor of wi... |
29.11.2022 | Norway’s Largest District Heating and Cooling Provider Chooses IFS Cloud to Help Oslo Reach Climate Goals | IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, announced that Norwegian renewable energy provider, Hafslund Oslo Celsio has purchased IFS Cloud as a single platform to support the digitalization of multiple services across their busines... |
31.10.2022 | Rishi Sunak is worth almost $850 million, making him Britain's richest prime minister. Here's why that could be a big problem. | Rishi Sunak is the richest person to become British prime minister. Reuters
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18.10.2022 | A market rebellion forced the UK to scrap its aggressive economic growth plan in just 2 weeks. It's a warning for global leaders with lofty ambitions. | UK Prime Minister Liz Truss' job is on the line after her tax-cutting plan created chaos in markets.
Truss later scrapped most of the plan and sacked her finance minister, but markets remain on edge.
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11.10.2022 | The UK would need to slash spending or raise taxes by $69 billion to keep its debt under control after deep tax cuts roll out, IFS says | The UK needs to cut spending or raise taxes by 62 billion pounds to rein in its growing debt, according to the IFS.
That amount is twice the size of the UK's defense budget, and would likely hurt the working class and economic growth.
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18.05.2022 | How Inflation Taxes the Poor | The United Kingdom on Wednesday reported its highest inflation rate since 1982, and welcome to the 40-Year Club alongside the U.S. A new generation on both sides of the Atlantic is learning how erratic price swings can wreck an economy. And... |
06.03.2022 | Школа уходит в минус | 73K 2 10 мин. ...
По данным ЮНЕСКО, в период пандемии коронавируса школы закрылись в 192 странах. На дистанционке, без очных уроков оказались 1,5 млрд школьников. В США дети просидели дома в общей сложности полтора года, в Канаде — год. Рос... |
26.01.2022 | Рынок self-employed в России и на Западе: в чем отличия? | Западный опыт. Великобритания Кто такие самозанятые?
По данным исследования Mettle и YouGov, количество самозанятых в Великобритании превысило 5 млн человек, что составляет 15% всей рабочей силы страны. В 2021 году именно самозанятые стали ... |
24.11.2021 | M.I.T. Named World’s Best University By Graduate Recruiters | Graduates from M.I.T. have the best employment prospects, according to a new survey (Photo by John ... [+] Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Boston Globe via Getty Images |
17.11.2021 | Could this gene double your risk of dying from COVID-19? | Soon after the pandemic began, we knew that certain groups of people are more at risk of dying from COVID-19 than others. It was immediately clear that those with specific underlying health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular dis... |
29.10.2021 | Gender imbalance in economics: what next? | Misa Tanaka
This post by Misa Tanaka is based on her talk at the Royal Economic Society's webinar on Gender Imbalance in UK Economics which took place on 6 October. She is Head of Research at the Bank of England and a member of the Royal Ec... |
02.10.2021 | 3rd World Bank Tax Conference: New Tax Instruments | Email
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The 3rd World Bank Tax Conference, co-organized with the TaxDev Centre, will bring together leading researchers and policymakers to discuss recent research on new t... |
08.09.2021 | NHS will ‘swallow’ additional funds raised by tax hikes, warns IFS | A leading economic think tank has warned Boris Johnson’s decision to hike national insurance and dividend tax will not raise enough funds to tackle England’s social care crisis. |
06.09.2021 | How has the pandemic affected working women? | How has the pandemic affected working women?
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There can’t be many people whose jobs haven’t been affected by the pandemic – whether that’s newly working from home, being furloughed or even losing a position permanently. But it’s h... |
03.08.2021 | The pandemic has the power to set back gender equality and care burdens – we mustn’t let it | Britain has been at the forefront of empowering women economically and combating gender inequality, but the uneven impact of the pandemic has thrown much of this progress into jeopardy. Research on the economic fallout has found that the pa... |
16.07.2021 | What do two million accounts tell us about the impact of Covid-19 on small businesses? | James Hurley, Sudipto Karmakar, Elena Markoska, Eryk Walczak and Danny Walker
This post is the second of a series of posts about the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on business activity.
Covid-19 led to a sharp reduction in economic activi... |
02.07.2021 | Covid-19 briefing: working from home and worker productivity | John Lewis, Andrea Šiško and Misa Tanaka
The Covid pandemic has led to a large enforced shift towards working from home (WFH) as a result of 'stay-at-home' policies in many countries. This led to a resurgence in interest in, and new reignit... |
29.05.2021 | Boris Johnson has told friends he is broke and has to accept free holidays and meals from donors. But the truth is likely very different | Is Boris Johnson really hard up? Getty
Multiple reports suggest Boris Johnson is experiencing serious money problems.
They claim that his recent divorce, multiple children, and reduced income have left him severely hard up.
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29.05.2021 | Boris Johnson has told friends he is broke and has to accept free holidays and meals from donors | Is Boris Johnson really hard up?
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Multiple reports suggest Boris Johnson is experiencing serious money problems.
They claim that his recent divorce, multiple children, and reduced income have left him severely hard up.
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12.05.2021 | Budget 2020: Live updates on how it will affect your small business | This page will be updated throughout the day
Hello and welcome to Startups.co.uk’s live coverage of Budget 2020. We’ll be offering regular updates as announcements are made by the new Chancellor Rishi Sunak, with analysis and insight from l... |
09.02.2021 | U.K. Universities Face Financial Loss As Brexit Hits E.U. Student Numbers | Oxford and Cambridge are likely to be the only U.K. universities to escape the financial fall-out ... [+] from the loss of EU students as a result of Brexit (Photo by: Mockford & Bonetti/Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty I... |
06.01.2021 | World Economy in 2021: Here’s Who Will Win And Who Will Lose | Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China’s economy is now showing strong growth. Shutterstock |
06.01.2021 | World Economy in 2021: Here’s Who Will Win And Who Will Lose | Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China’s economy is now showing strong growth. Shutterstock
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The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in... |