Trusts slam £7bn cost of EU regulations the regulator could have already ditched March 17, 2024 A joint letter blasted the UK's "flawed" approach to representing investment trusts (Photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Hunt doubles down on ‘long term ambition’ to abolish National Insurance March 13, 2024 Jeremy Hunt today doubled down on his "long term ambition" to abolish employee National Insurance, but economists were doubtful that the measure will ever be implemented.
This London AI tech firm is set to benefit from a £3.4bn NHS spending injection March 13, 2024 The increase in NHS spending could provide several opportunities for Kainos, which is involved in NHS digital transformation projects.
Will Hunt’s tax changes push non-doms out of London? March 11, 2024 Non-doms, or non-domiciles, are people who live in the UK and pay tax on UK earnings whilst maintaining a primary home overseas.
UK government to pump £1.5m into science and tech investment drive March 11, 2024 Tech secretary Michelle Donelan is set to announce the fresh campaign today, urging UK investors to back science and technology scale-ups.
‘I would’ve thrown an egg at him’: Jeremy Hunt under fire for his London Stock Exchange push March 8, 2024 The boss of challenger stock exchange Aquis has launched a blistering attack on Jeremy Hunt today, claiming he wanted to throw an egg at the Chancellor for his "anti-competitive" push to turn the London Stock Exchange into the “Nasdaq of Europe”.
Fact-checking Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget: Who are the real winners and losers? March 7, 2024 "I want to make a start on bringing down taxes. I’ve never said for one moment that I can bring them right down all in one go," the Chancellor told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Jeremy Hunt admits National Insurance won’t be scrapped ‘any time soon’ March 7, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has admitted scrapping National Insurance (NI) - as he hinted at in Wednesday’s Budget - won’t happen “any time soon”.
Spring Budget 2024: UK Silicon Valley dreams far off say tech bosses March 7, 2024 Some tech bosses have been left wanting after Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget 2024 missed the mark by their standards.
Spring Budget in review: Some sensible moves, a few gimmicks, but mostly a bore March 7, 2024 So, what's the verdict? Some small steps in the right direction, but nothing to move the dial on the economy – or the opinion polls, writes Julian Jessop.