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Free heat pumps and insulation upgrades worth up to £30k EACH as Budget pledges £3.4bn to improve homes

Rachel Reeves has piled the cash into the Warm Homes Plan By Sam Barker Updated: 17:04 GMT, 30 October 2024 Low-income households and renters will be [...]

No change to 25% tax-free pension lump sum withdrawals in the Budget

By Tanya Jefferies Updated: 15:24 GMT, 30 October 2024 Fears the Chancellor would limit the amount of tax-free cash pension savers can take from their [...]

Private school parents to use credit cards, loans and remortgage homes to meet VAT fee hike

As many as 27% of parents say they are likely to fall short By Richard Marsden Updated: 15:08 GMT, 30 October 2024 Cash-strapped parents hit by [...]

Budget hit to holiday homes: Rachel Reeves hammers those buying second homes as she hikes stamp duty surcharge to 5% from TOMORROW

By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 13:51 GMT, 30 October 2024 | Updated: 14:12 GMT, 30 October 2024 Rachel Reeves used her Budget [...]

Drivers breathe sigh of relief: Chancellor announces she will continue freeze on fuel duty next year and will maintain existing 5p cut

By Katherine Lawton Published: 13:12 GMT, 30 October 2024 | Updated: 13:19 GMT, 30 October 2024 The freeze on fuel duty will continue into 2025 [...]

Autumn Budget at a glance: Chancellor Rachel Reeves reveals tax and spending plans

By Mike Sheen Updated: 11:55 GMT, 30 October 2024 Big day: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to deliver her BudgetChancellor Rachel Reeves today finally delivers [...]

Angela Rayner insists four-day working can ‘boost council productivity’ and is ‘no threat to the economy’

By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:51 GMT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 09:05 GMT, 30 October 2024 A four-day working week is ‘no threat to [...]

Jeremy Hunt launches last-ditch bid to prevent Britain’s economic watchdog publishing a ‘highly political’ dossier on his legacy as Chancellor

By Jason Groves, Political Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:30 GMT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 08:15 GMT, 30 October 2024 Jeremy Hunt today launched [...]

BUSINESS LIVE: Markets brace for Budget; Next profits to top £1bn; GSK vaccine sales fall

By Live Commentary Updated: 08:00 GMT, 30 October 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves will later today announce what is expected to mark the biggest round of [...]

Retro football shirts score higher profits for Adidas – while sales of Rishi Sunak’s favourite trainers soar

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:22 GMT, 29 October 2024 Fan favourite: Adidas best-sellers include an £85 Germany 1996 Away Jersey (pictured)Adidas [...]

East-West split WON’T lead to a full-blown HSBC break-up, insists boss Georges Elhedery

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:22 GMT, 29 October 2024 HSBC’s chief executive has denied that a recently announced East-West split will lead to a full-blown [...]

Britons are lovin’ McDonald’s less as burger-lovers find price hikes hard to swallow

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:22 GMT, 29 October 2024 McSlump: McDonalds revenues dropped 1.5% over the three months to September 30McDonald’s sales [...]

Takeover looms over Hargreaves as investment platform suffers a 16% drop in new business

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:22 GMT, 29 October 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown said it brought in £500 million in net new business [...]

Recap the 2024 Autumn Budget preview as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil Labour’s plan to raise billions in new taxes with NHS in line for huge cash injection – while Tories urge u-turn on winter fuel cut

VAT on private school fees and non-dom crackdownThe Labour manifesto committed to scrapping non-dom status, adding VAT to private school fees and increasing stamp duty [...]

Pearson education sales lifted by artificial intelligence drive

Pearson revealed its underlying revenues increased by 4% in the third quarterCEO Omar Abbosh: 'We are accelerating our AI capabilities across the business'By Harry Wise [...]

Olympus boss fired for buying illegal drugs

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 08:39 GMT, 29 October 2024 Olympus has sacked its boss over claims he bought illegal drugs.German businessman Stefan Kaufmann, [...]

UAE swoops on green energy firm backed by Labour donor Dale Vince

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 08:19 GMT, 29 October 2024 A suitor with links to the United Arab Emirates royalty has swooped on a green energy [...]

Beauty industry slams ‘misguided’ tax hike plans ahead of budget

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 07:42 GMT, 29 October 2024 British Beauty Council urges Rachel Reeves not to increase tax on employers’ National Insurance contributionsThe [...]

High street banks are accused of endangering national security by refusing to offer bank accounts to defence companies

By Jessica Clark, Business Reporter Published: 01:20 GMT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 01:31 GMT, 29 October 2024 British lenders are under fire for 'virtue-signalling' [...]

Trainline expansion drives second guidance upgrade in two months

FTSE 250 firm benefits from scale as international ticket sales climb By Mike Sheen Updated: 09:52 GMT, 28 October 2024 Trainline shares sharply rose on Monday [...]

Debt payments rocket as Chancellor borrows more

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 00:05 GMT, 28 October 2024 Changing the rules: Rachel ReevesLabour will splurge an extra £17.5billion on servicing debt interest over [...]

Shell back in listings spotlight amid fears of New York switch

By Jessica Clark Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 October 2024 On the move?: Shell faces questions over its futureShell will this week face questions from investors over [...]

Cut business rates or show is over, say music moguls

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 October 2024 Under pressure: While stars like Dua Lipa (pictured) continue to attract huge crowds, many [...]

Why millions of letters could soon take even longer to arrive via Royal Mail

By Jessica Clark Updated: 07:49 GMT, 27 October 2024 Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky looks set to buy Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services, pending a national [...]

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Investing in Hollywood Bowl could up your score

By Joanne Hart Updated: 23:01 BST, 26 October 2024 Canada is the second-largest country in the world, covering almost four million square miles, 40 times [...]

Private vs public sector pensions – how to avoid a race to the bottom: This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 10:40 BST, 26 October 2024 Of all the tax-raising ideas in Rachel Reeves' 'running out of options' Budget, one stood [...]

White Stuff offloaded for £50m to South Africans

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 25 October 2024 Sell-off: White Stuff was founded in 1985White Stuff has been snapped up by South African-based [...]

Billionaire Bamford family takes £300m JCB dividend

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 25 October 2024 The billionaire Bamford family has taken a £300m payout from JCB before Labour's tax [...]

NatWest boss: Budget fears have hit confidence

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 21:50 BST, 25 October 2024 Warning: NatWest boss Paul ThwaiteNatWest's boss yesterday warned that businesses' optimism has dipped since the [...]

Thames Water secures £3bn loan as Tory treasurer circles

By Jessica Clark Updated: 21:50 BST, 25 October 2024 Thames Water secured an emergency £3billion loan as a firm owned by the Tory treasurer looks [...]

Broker tips M&S shares to hit their highest level since 2015

Peel Hunt upgrades to 425p while UBS says shares could hit 435p M&S will update investors on its first half next week amid store expansion By Mike [...]

Risk of being in a crash near an airport is twice the national average, analysis finds

Heathrow is the most hazardous of the major airport, a new report has foundIt has a collision risk rating almost 2.5 times greater than the [...]

Jamie Oliver to open cookery school in John Lewis

By City Reporter Updated: 11:05 BST, 25 October 2024 Opening: Jamie Oliver is launching a cookery school at John Lewis's flagship London storeJamie Oliver is [...]

Unilever surges after ditching ‘virtue-signalling’ agenda

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 11:05 BST, 25 October 2024 Unilever sales have soared under a turnaround plan that has steered it away from its 'virtue-signalling' [...]

Barclays predicts a ‘featherbed landing’ for UK and US economies

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 10:57 BST, 25 October 2024 The boss of Barclays said the economy was enjoying a 'featherbed landing' as the bank [...]

Tesla shares surge in £100bn bonanza as profits accelerate

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 07:44 BST, 25 October 2024 More than £100billion was added to the value of Tesla last night as the [...]