Reeves to lay out pensions overhaul in Mansion House speech November 3, 2024 Rachel Reeves will reportedly propose an overhaul of Britain's pension fund industry in her first Mansion House speech as the government tries to unlock billions of pounds worth of investment.
City AM Budget Breakdown: How Rachel Reeves’ decisions will impact business November 1, 2024 In partnership with Camarco, City AM unpicked the key policies of Rachel Reeves' first budget and how they will impact business.
Scrapping non-dom regime branded ‘monumentally stupid’ by tax advisors November 1, 2024 Several leading tax and wealth advisors have told City AM that scrapping the non-dom regime without a suitable replacement is a “monumentally stupid decision” that has already prompted some non-doms to leave. One of the key measures introduced in Wednesday’s budget was abolishing the non-dom status, a regime that allowed certain tax breaks for people [...]
Lord Pannick to take on government over VAT decision on private schools November 1, 2024 The government is set to face Lord Pannick as legal action has commenced over its decision to charge private schools VAT on fees
How will the Budget impact the prime housing market? November 1, 2024 The Budget was, by and large, a set of fiscal promises for people who rely on public services. So with that in mind, how might the Budget affect the prime housing market, a market exclusively for the UK’s wealthiest buyers? Prime houses are typically defined as the upper five per cent of houses in any [...]
Budget 2024: Why the post-match politics are risky for Labour October 31, 2024 After months of speculation, Rachel Reeves has finally unveiled Labour’s first Budget in power. Coming in the wake of 14 years in opposition, this big tax and spend – and borrow – document is very much an ideological project, with the NHS, schools and low-paid workers among the big winners. The Chancellor may have ditched [...]
Reeves playing ‘same silly games’ as her predecessors, IFS says October 31, 2024 The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of playing the “same silly games” as her predecessors after forecasting that public spending will tail off towards the end of this parliament following a short-term spike.
Is London’s AIM set to thrive after the Budget? October 31, 2024 London’s AIM was dealt a smaller blow than expected in the Budget yesterday, with a half levy applied to its inheritance tax exemption, rather than the full 40 per cent expected by markets. The reaction was immediately positive from markets, with the FTSE AIM 100 index jumping more than four per cent in the minutes [...]
Reeves has chosen decline October 31, 2024 Labour have stuck to the line that they had “no choice” but to make “tough decisions”, but Rachel Reeves had an opportunity to put forward a Budget to kickstart economic growth, and she chose to do the opposite, says James Vitali “Politics is always a choice”, the Prime Minister said on Monday during a pre-Budget [...]
Post Office: MPs to hold inquiry into compensation ‘unfinished business’ October 31, 2024 MPs are set to launch an inquiry into the “unfinished business” of financial redress for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal. The business and trade committee will hold a short probe focused on “fast and fair redress” for those affected by what has been dubbed the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history. It [...]