UK house price predictions for 2025: with pay rising and rates falling, they’ll just keep going up
Nothing seems to stop the relentless march of property values, even with a stamp duty increase looming
Reeves may have to U-turn over no more tax rises, warn economists
Dramatic economic slowdown means chancellor could face lower receipts and higher borrowing costs in 2025
Taxpayers may need to bail out Sadiq Khan’s London housing fund, say auditors
GLAP missed repayment deadlines for £300m loan and concerns raised over poor management
Hit TV show, tick. Millions for lawyers, tick. Now could we manage some actual justice for the subpostmasters?
The ‘big people’ implicated in this disgraceful run of events need to pay their dues. Britain needs it – and demands it, says Marina Hyde
Bank of England holds interest rate at 4.75% but warns of UK stagnation risk
Central bank downgrades growth forecast amid threat from budget fallout, rising inflation and Trump trade tariffs
Inflation fears trump growth concerns among Bank of England’s MPC members
Investors are betting on just one more rates cut this year, which could bring stagnation, undermining government efforts to drive the economy forward
Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds
Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated
Labour’s review of UK-China relations on hold until after chancellor visits Beijing
Exclusive: Despite calls for more scrutiny in light of Prince Andrew spy allegations, Starmer’s instinct is not to do anything to hamper growth
Cost of HS2 could pass £80bn as estimated bill jumps 15% in a year
Projected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about £5bn
Anger greets UK government decision not to compensate ‘Waspi women’
Minister says flat-rate compensation scheme for women affected by rising state pension age would have cost taxpayer £10.5bn
For richer or poorer? BrewDog co-founder may delay marriage to max-out tax relief
James Watt’s investment in I’m a Celebrity winner Georgia Toffolo’s raw dog food venture needs three years as ‘unconnected person’ under HMRC rules
Labour’s gamble with Royal Mail may go horribly wrong
Past talk of renationalisation gives way to approval of takeover in which price of first-class stamp could be set from Prague
UK businesses cutting staff at fastest rate since 2021 after budget
Companies responding to national insurance rise by reducing hiring, survey finds
Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský approved
UK government to retain ‘golden share’ in parent company International Distribution Services
Voters broadly accept Reeves’s £40bn of tax rises, research shows
Almost half of those surveyed by Bristol academics said increases were ‘necessary’ to improve public services