The state pension triple lock is set to deliver a £488-a-year increase in April, lifting the full new state pension to an estimated £13,036.40 annually, and straight into income tax
UK payrolled employee numbers have slipped to around 30.2 million, the Office for National Statistics confirmed this morning, as its September 2026 labour market bulletin laid out a jobs picture
The Welsh Government has announced a Wales business rates cut of 30% for hospitality, leisure and retail venues, eclipsing the 20% reduction introduced for equivalent businesses in England and making
Europe's AI dependency risk is not an abstract future problem, according to Christine Lagarde's Vienna address on 14 September 2026: it is a structural vulnerability that any trade partner could
The UK business culture shift Andy Burnham wants will not come cheap, and right now the government can barely afford the down payment. Speaking ahead of a Downing Street gathering
The cost of student insurance claims has doubled in three years, according to Aviva, and if that figure does not concentrate the mind of a freshers'-week-bound eighteen-year-old, the breakdown of
The AI development slowdown stocks rout that swept Asian markets on Monday offers a sharp reminder of how much speculative weight the sector is now carrying. South Korea's KOSPI fell
More than 800 hospitality businesses have written an open letter to prime minister Andy Burnham demanding a hospitality VAT cut, warning that without action the sector faces accelerating closures, job
Dario Amodei's AI slowdown plan arrived this weekend dressed as crisis management, but the response it has drawn from experts, politicians, and his own rivals suggests the AI industry's self-appointed
The AI development slowdown debate has shifted from the fringes to the centre of the industry: Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis have all endorsed a call by Anthropic
The pressure on Healey fiscal headroom ahead of the 28 October budget has intensified sharply, with 10-year gilt yields hitting 5.378%, their highest level since July 2007, according to Reuters,
Tesco casino scam ads circulating on Facebook and Instagram have prompted the supermarket to alert City of London police, throwing fresh light on a wave of fake casino promotions that
The student loan guidance change announced by the government on Sunday amounts to an admission of past failure, but stops well short of fixing it. Ministers have agreed to overhaul
The Reform UK donations record now stands at £72 million, a sum that the BBC describes as more than any party has ever received in British political history. Ben Delo's
Reform UK mega-donors Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo have handed the party £72 million in 24 hours, a sum that exceeds the total donations received by every UK political party