UK tech firm agrees £571m deal to buy Canadian software company Copperleaf June 11, 2024 A UK tech firm has snapped up Canadian software company Copperleaf in a deal that values the company at CA$1bn (£571m).
Labour faces £33bn blackhole if it maintains state spending, research suggests June 4, 2024 Maintaining per person funding in unprotected departments would leave the next government facing a £33bn blackhole, research suggests.
General Election 2024: Why Sunak’s ‘triple lock plus’ pledge is not all as it seems May 28, 2024 Sunak's announcement will guarantee that pensioners’ personal allowance will always be higher than the level of the new state pension.
The Notebook: For the UK’s poorest, things are only getting worse – just look at the numbers April 30, 2024 Ian Whittaker takes the Notebook pen to write about inflation, the US's Tiktok ban, and a little bit of life advice.
Inheritance tax hits new record of £7.5bn as debate over reform swirls April 23, 2024 Like many other taxes, the government has frozen the thresholds at which inheritance tax applies, meaning more estates have been pulled into its orbit as asset prices have increased.
New data: UK tax take rising faster than any other rich country April 17, 2024 Although the UK started the century with tax revenue making up a much lower proportion of national income than other advanced economies, the tax burden has rapidly climbed since the pandemic.