News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

Filtering by:Tag: economy×Clear all

1468 headlines found — Page 14 of 123

Conservative Home31 Jul 2026

Desmond Swayne: Burnham’s tax confusion is dangerous for business

If Burnham wants to prove he understands business, he should start by giving those who create jobs the one thing they need most: confidence that success will not be punished The post Desmond Swayne: Burnham’s tax confusion is dangerous for business appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
BBC Politics31 Jul 2026

Concerns raised over council's £900m debt

Councillor Patrick Lambert fears taxpayers will be left liable for the authority's debts.

Economy
Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

Tory Mayor Houchen to Defy Burnham’s ‘Ban’ on Tax Rebates

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen will offer a rebate to residents even if Labour says they won’t allow it. Burnham’s devotion to ‘devolution’ was exposed as a devotion to higher spending this morning as the government claimed new money given to mayors could only be used to spend more… The government says from next spring…

Economy
Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

Haigh Insists Tory & Reform Mayors Won’t be Allowed to Offer Tax Rebates In Devolution Scheme

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Louise Haigh has insisted that mayors won’t be able to offer tax rebates after receiving control over a part of income tax and business rate receipts collected in local areas. Devolution only goes one way… Haigh told Times Radio: “To my knowledge, Ben hasn’t developed a rebate scheme and…

Economy
Express Politics31 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham told raise personal tax allowance to £18,000 - as 4 week deadline hits

Campaign puts growing pressure on Prime Minister to change 'so wrong' system

Economy
Express Politics31 Jul 2026

Five crucial things investors should watch as Burnham becomes PM

Andy Burnham has become the Prime Minister as the nation tackles a series of global economic shocks and a cost-of-living crisis.

Economy
Conservative Home31 Jul 2026

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: Give departments an investment budget

An IDEL funding stream would create a structured mechanism for departments to modernise while repaying it from future savings. This would operate like a loan. The post Anne-Marie Trevelyan: Give departments an investment budget appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
BBC Politics31 Jul 2026

Welsh holiday home tax rules could be eased after backlash

The Welsh government is to review the impact of a "modest' cut to the 182-day business rate threshold.

Economy
BBC Politics30 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax

The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.

Economy
The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

Burnham’s tax power shift aims to free England’s mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’

Local leaders say plan will transform funding so they no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for big projects England’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to invest in big projects under “transformational” plans to shift power out of Whitehall. For the first time, mayors will keep a share of income tax generated in their area from 2028, as well as business rates totalling tens of millions of pounds by April 2027. Continue reading...

Economy
Express Politics30 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham to announce huge change to income tax in 'new era of devolution'

Prime Minister's push for 'growth in every postcode' could mean metro mayors have the power to give valuable rebates to residents

Economy
The Guardian Politics30 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on prolonging kidulthood: Britain prices young adults out of independent life | Editorial

More young people live with parents as low wages, insecure work and unaffordable housing turn family support into another source of inequality In Britain, young people are expected to become independent in their 20s. Yet the UK’s economic model increasingly denies them the means to do so. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), commissioned partly for the BBC, finds that the proportion of 25-year-olds living with their parents has risen from 25% in the 1990s to 42% today. The researc

EconomyHousing