Labour is to review the UK business tax regime as part of efforts to make Britain the fastest-growing economy in the G7, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce on Tuesday. Reeves, giving a speech in London to the annual conference of Make UK, the trade body for Britain’s… Read Full Article Here FT
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Pharmaceutical companies have fired the opening shots in a battle with the UK’s NHS over a de facto drugs tax they pay the government, warning that Britain could miss out on £6bn of research and development. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, the trade body for leading drugmakers, said the “excessive” UK medicines levy […]
The writer is a historian at the University of Oxford and author of ‘Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire’ The Koh-i-Noor diamond appears to be taking early retirement. The notorious gem sits in Queen Mary’s Crown, which has been on display at the Tower of London since 2002. After Queen […]
Hunt: UK ‘not out of the woods’ after narrowly avoiding recession After months of speculation, the UK officially made it through 2022 without slipping into a recession. Such economic slumps are, however, not uncommon. The Great Recession—still vivid in memory for most—was the deepest the country had endured for 100 years. As the economy teeters on […]
LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run up to the invasion of Ukraine, a charge denied by Moscow. Johnson, speaking to the BBC for a documentary, said the Russian leader had asked […]
Edward VIII ‘was a traitor’ says Andrew Lownie Edward VIII reigned for only 11 months, from January 20 to December 11, 1936. His abdication changed the course of the British monarchy forever; his younger brother Prince Albert, affectionately known as Bertie, was forced to ascend the throne and his niece, then-Princess Elizabeth became the heir […]
“I know, she’s just like: ‘Oh, f*** off’” I was saying, she thinks you want to f*** her, but you don’t,” he added. “It’s the last thing on your mind, but she’s like, ‘Yep, I bet you do. No I don’t! I had a bit of a b***r, but now it’s going, it’s now shrivelled […]
Cooke, now 95 and serving two life sentences, was made a “prime suspect” by a team of investigators in the Channel 4 show, In The Footsteps of Killers. Cooke, and his paedophile ring, are suspected of murdering up to 20 young boys in the Seventies and Eighties. He was convicted of three killings. The show’s […]
British pair Jodie Burrage and Lily Miyazaki breezed into the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open as they aim to join Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart in the main women’s singles draw. World No 128 Burrage beat Czech player Barbora Palicova 6-1 6-2 to set up a meeting with France’s Selena Janicijevic. World […]
You know those compelling TV adverts that say something like “If you bought fridge insurance between 2004 and 2008, you might be eligible for blah blah blah”? A suitable 2023 version in the UK might say “If your business bought a fixed electricity contract between June and December 2022, you screwed up”. And then the […]