Election 2024: Labour pledge savings for parents as childcare policies fleshed out
Free breakfast clubs in primary schools will save parents an annual £400, Labour has said, as the party begins to flesh out its plans for childcare policy.
Election 2024: Labour, Tories and Lib Dems to launch manifestos this week
Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are all set to launch their general election manifestos this week.
Week ahead: Fed to hold rates – but is a September cut on the cards?
Any shift to a single cut, as suggested by Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic in April, could boost the dollar sharply.
Election 2024: Reform UK will overtake Tories in polls, Ipsos boss predicts
Reform UK is likely to overtake the Conservative Party in at least some polls in a so-called ‘crossover moment’, the boss of a polling firm has predicted.
Asda entices new boss with £10m pay package
Mohsin Issa could reportedly reward the new boss of Asda a total pay package of up to £10m, as the billionaire businessman rushes to find someone to take charge of the supermarket.
Abrdn chairman adds to growing calls to axe the share tax
The chairman of Abrdn has said that scrapping the tax on share purchases would lift the economy and boost investment in UK firms, adding to the growing calls to abolish the 0.5 per cent levy.
Boom in Hikvision UK sales sparks calls for full ban on Chinese CCTV giant
News that Hikvision's UK sales boomed last year has sparked calls for a complete ban on the Chinese CCTV giant.
M&S chair Archie Norman blames pension funds for London stock market’s troubles
City veteran Archie Norman has hit out at pension funds for not investing enough in UK companies, partially blaming them for the decline of London's stock market.
Election 2024: Labour to rule out tax rises in ‘iron-clad’ manifesto pledge
Labour’s manifesto will contain an “iron-clad commitment” to rule out increases to national insurance, income tax or VAT, Rachel Reeves has revealed.
Labour to close tax loophole for thousands of private equity investors
Labour is set to close a loophole that enables thousands of private equity investors to avoid paying income tax if it wins the general election.