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Shadow chancellor to promise Labour conference a set of budgetary rules that echo the Conservative manifesto
Sunak under pressure over higher food prices, sharp increases in energy bills and inflation heading for 4%
Requirement for millions to keep digital records and file taxes quarterly postponed for a year
The state-backed group plans an expansion of its start-up loan scheme as more UK companies join the programme
Changing the framework for managing public finances undermines its credibility
Chancellor aims to illustrate Tory fiscal discipline in next month’s Budget
Bridge to Northern Ireland and New Enterprise scheme are first casualties in countdown to agenda-setting review
Prospect of £12bn a year in higher taxes triggers abstentions and 5 votes against by PM’s own MPs
National insurance increases are politically appealing but less progressive
Ministers close to agreement on national insurance increase to overhaul creaking system
It is unwise and unnecessary for the UK to return to pre-pandemic levels of public spending in 2022-2023
New projections show public borrowing in 2021-22 could come in £30bn lower than forecasted
Tax relief on retirement savings looks to be ‘low hanging fruit’ for a chancellor desperate to balance the books
Chancellor begins work on review to determine budgets of government departments
Fiscal watchdog forecasts reaching target might add 21% of GDP to public debt, if governments act early to cut emissions
More high earners are set to become additional rate payers
It’s Rishi Sunak’s turn to simplify the system — he could start by scrapping tapers
Proposals for VAT, modernising stamp duty taxes and taxation of asset holding companies expected
Nasty surprises lie in store for the unwary
Saving the UK’s retail sector is crucial to rebuilding our communities in the wake of Covid
Planned increases are a move away from Conservative orthodoxy but may deter business investment
UK nurses’ leaders prepare for strike action as government insists 1 per cent rise is all it can afford
FT analysis shows there is substance to Labour’s accusations of ‘pork barrel politics’
Province seeks to escape a rate that could be twice that of the Republic
Conservatives endure in office because they are pragmatic — the chancellor is no exception
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