HMRC announces 22% tax on cash interest held in stocks and shares Isas
Isa reforms announced on Tuesday promise a new first-time buyer account with no upper age limit, and a tax on interest on cash savings held in a stocks and shares wrapper.
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Farage breaks cover at last but finds the £5m question hasn’t gone away | John Crace
Happy days. Ten glorious years. Maybe it was the chance to bask in the unmitigated triumphs of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Maybe he wanted to take advantage of a rare lacuna. The vacuum between the last rites of …
Audit firm to Gupta metals empire fined and banned for ‘egregious’ failures
UK watchdog gives King & King severe reprimand for failing ‘to identify clear self-interest’ when conducting audits
Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds
Study warns AI datacenters are vulnerable to the climate hazards that their global greenhouse gas emissions bolster
Europe’s media look on in bemusement at post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ of UK prime ministers
Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain’s political turmoil after Starmer becomes sixth prime minister to quit since 2016
I stand by what I said 10 years ago. We were right to leave the European Union | Larry Elliott
The Brexit vote showed that class still matters in British politics – and the changes needed are ones the EU would never have allowed
Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar
The cost of the traditional takeaway has doubled since 2019, and more outlets are trying to tempt customers with cheaper options such as coley, pollack and hake
Burnham adviser calls for billions of pounds in borrowing for infrastructure
The man tapped by Andy Burnham to be his chief economic adviser has called for billions of pounds more borrowing to pay for investment in infrastructure, in a sign of how Burnham may seek to break from the policies purs…
Boris Vujčić: Outlook for the euro area economy and monetary policy
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Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?
Hi and welcome to TechScape. Nick Robins-Early and Dara Kerr here, filling in for your usual host Blake Montgomery who is out on vacation. We’ll be talking about the fight over a proposed billionaire tax in California, …
Oil prices fall after US waives Iran sanctions and peace talks in Switzerland progress – business live
US waives sanctions on Iran for 60 days after first talks in Switzerland to negotiate peace deal; communications line opened to ensure safe passage through strait of Hormuz
Air pollution is a fixable problem – just look at how London and New York have cleaned up their acts | Sadiq Khan and Michael Bloomberg
Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London. Michael Bloomberg is a former mayor of New York City
Royal Mail boss’s pay package soars to £6.9m despite profits slide
Martin Seidenberg, chief executive of parent company IDS, handed payouts after takeover of UK postal service
My eight-year-old was refused a UK passport
I am a Briton living in Switzerland and my three children are British and Swiss nationals.
RIP Alan Greenspan: you were charming, powerful, and wrong | Robert Reich
The former Federal Reserve chair was a smart guy – but he had a huge blind spot. Here’s what I wish I’d said to him
From bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS – how many Brexit promises actually came true?
Leaving the EU was supposed to solve Britain’s border issues, slash bureaucracy, revitalise the health service, even supercharge vacuum cleaners. How much control did we really take back?
Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs
Firm has been developing full EV version of its top-selling model in Europe at its plant in Sunderland
Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country? – podcast
Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trai…
StubHub UK fined almost £900,000 over ‘hidden’ ticket fees
Reseller is also ordered to refund more than 50,000 fans, as its rival Viagogo remains under investigation
Where did it all go wrong for Starmer? – podcast
The UK has lost its sixth prime minister in a decade. How did Keir Starmer go from landslide victory to resigning in two years?
HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an AI lawyer.
UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
Move for greater prominence on social media comes as ministers warn online misinformation risk becoming ‘existential for our democracy’
Rail passengers told to only travel if essential amid red extreme heat warning
Rail passengers have been told to only attempt to travel if “absolutely essential” and check trains are running, with extreme heat expected to disrupt services around Britain.
Alan Greenspan obituary
American economist and long-serving head of the Federal Reserve widely praised for the US boom whose reputation was re-evaluated in the wake of the 2008 crash