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For 2024-25 a slight change was made that also allows someone earning between £11,130 and £12,570 to transfer their Personal ...
In the UK, we use a marginal rate of tax to calculate income tax bills. That means earners pay one rate of tax up to a set threshold, and then a higher percentage on each additional pound earned in ...
Harsher inheritance tax reforms are set to take effect from April 2026, prompting many rural families to act well in advance.
A recovery in housebuilding failed to prevent the UK's construction sector shrinking for the sixth successive month in June, ...
Artists, musicians and writers can barely earn a living and most of our big stage shows are created overseas. But the push ...
Britain's economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the first three months of 2025 as homebuyers rushed to beat a deadline on property purchases and manufacturers sped up output ahead of U.S.
It's the first extended time off he has had since joining the Bank of England as a graduate trainee, rising to become chief ...
Mortgage approvals for house purchases in the UK rose in May, as the housing market recovered quickly from the end of a tax break for homebuyers a month earlier. Net mortgage approvals rose by 2,400 ...
The lender, the UK’s largest, puts the cost of a typical UK property in May at £296,648. Nationwide’s May house price report puts the annual rate of inflation higher than Halifax at 3.5%.
The fact that Sainsbury’s shares have sometimes resembled a leveraged bet on gilts, and therefore sentiment towards the UK economy – as can be seen from the chart below – suggests markets might be ...
Signs of progress in trade talks are lifting spirits, setting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq up to notch new all-time highs.