Nigel Farage: VAT threshold should be raised November 10, 2025 Reform UK’s Nigel Farage has hit out at suggestions that the VAT threshold for businesses should be lowered from its £90,000 threshold. Reports have suggested that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could lower the threshold at which businesses must be registered for VAT to £30,000 in a phased approach, a policy backed by several think tank wonks [...]
Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit November 10, 2025 Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn for the editing of a speech by its Panorama programme. The Corporation has been given a deadline of Friday 14 November to make a “full and fair retratction” of the documetary ‘Trump: A Second Chance?’. BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for an “error of [...]
Gen Z’s entrepreneurial dreams threatened by lack of support November 10, 2025 Gen Z is leading the country’s entrepreneurial boom, but a lack of professional support could threaten their future as business leaders. Over 80 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds have engaged in a form of entrepreneurial activity, such as selling products online or having a ‘side hustle’ alongside a full time job, according [...]
Pensions, motorists and workers: The tax targets Rachel Reeves is eyeing up November 7, 2025 If there is one thing that is clear three weeks out from the Autumn Budget, it is that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hike taxes. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which scores the economic impacts of the government’s policies and publishes forecasts on public finances, has been questioned for being over optimistic on measures such [...]
UK house prices rise at fastest rate since January November 7, 2025 UK house prices edged higher in October, rising at the fastest pace since January as buyer demand remained high despite market uncertainty. Prices increased by 0.6 per cent last month, marking the fourth time in five months the average price has increased, following a sharp 0.3 per cent drop in September, according to the latest [...]
Tax row erupts as Reeves tells watchdog she will break manifesto November 7, 2025 The Labour government is split in a fresh tax row after Rachel Reeves reportedly told the fiscal watchdog she will raise income tax in her forthcoming Autumn Budget – a move that will break a key manifesto pledge. The Chancellor is said to have informed the Office for Budget Responsibility that an increase to income [...]
Bullsh*t spin: Labour and Nandy slammed over Kogan football appointment November 7, 2025 Labour has been accused of deploying “bullshit spin” in response to a report criticising the government’s appointment of David Kogan as chair of the Independent Football Regulator. A report by Sir William Shawcross declared that Department of Sport, Media and Culture secretary of state Lisa Nandy had breached the Government Code in appointing the media [...]
Higher earners to ‘pay thousands more’ in Reeves’ income tax raid November 7, 2025 Brits earning more than £75,000 could pay thousands of pounds more in tax should Rachel Reeves raises income taxes by 2p while cutting national insurance by the same percentage for those earning under £50,000. The Chancellor warned Brits that everyone will have to “contribute” to her Budget plans earlier this week, which has been interpreted [...]
Rachel Reeves must resign if she hikes income tax November 6, 2025 Exactly a year ago today, which was exactly a week after Rachel Reeves’ first Budget – I wrote that the Chancellor’s policies would give Brits the hangover from hell. So, one year on, how are you feeling? My reference to a hangover was inspired by the government’s absurd post-Budget boast that they’d taken a penny [...]
Pub closures reach new high as hospitality braces for Budget November 6, 2025 Pubs and bars are closing at the fastest rate seen this century, fresh City AM analysis has found, as rising costs squeeze many in the hospitality sector to the point of collapse. The number of British pubs and bar businesses appointing liquidators or administrators surged to 449 in the first 10 months of the year, [...]