Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation accelerated sharply to 2.3 per cent in October, as higher energy costs pushed price growth above the Bank […]
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England must approach interest rate cuts carefully as it assesses the impact of the rise in employer
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UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £40bn tax increase, the biggest in a generation, with business bearing the brunt of a Budget she said would fix Britain’s “broken” public finances and public services. Extra borrowing averaging £28bn a year
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Sir Keir Starmer will on Monday set the scene for a Budget this week that will define his government. “This is the last chance to get out of the doom loop of higher taxes, low growth and cuts to public
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Businesses and households in major economies are struggling to bounce back from the era of high inflation as precarious growth
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Rachel Reeves has said for months the Budget would be “tough”. But the scale of the chancellor’s challenges were laid bare by revelations — first reported in the Financial Times — that she is aiming to bridge a larger-than expected
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to prolong a freeze on income tax thresholds beyond 2028, in a “stealth” tax
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is likely to target her expected increase in UK capital gains tax on the sale of shares,
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has identified a £40bn funding gap ahead of her Budget in two weeks — far more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors which manage £1.7tn of assets have urged UK chancellor Rachel Reeves to revamp Britain’s fiscal rules to unlock billions
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