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  • Households to pay more for BBC TV licence, government confirms

    February 6, 2026

    Households across the country will see their bills rise after the Labour government increased the TV licence fee that funds the BBC. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport said on Friday that the annual levy will be increased to £180 from 1 April. This marks a £5.50 yearly increase. The move follows rules brought [...]

  • FTSE 100 Live: Starmer unease rattles markets; Big tech sell-off

    February 6, 2026

    Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Speculation over Keir Starmer’s future has unleashed a fresh round of market unease as investors dumped the pound, UK equities and long-dated government bonds amid rising political uncertainty. The gulf in price between the UK’s short- and long-term debt – known as the yield curve – reached [...]

  • Majority of landlords to hike rent due to Reeves’ tax raid

    February 6, 2026

    The majority of landlords increasing rents blamed Rachel Reeves’ new tax on property income from April next year, a survey has shown.  According to the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), two thirds of landlords (65 per cent) raising prices over the next year cited the government’s plans to charge a two percentage point tax rate [...]

  • Starmer future speculation sparks sell-off in long-dated bonds and pound

    February 5, 2026

    Speculation over Keir Starmer’s future has unleashed a fresh round of market unease, with investors dumping the pound, UK equities and long-dated government bonds amid the political uncertainty. The gulf in price between the UK’s short- and long-term debt – known as the yield curve – reached its highest since 2018, in a sign investors [...]

  • Banks ombudsman complaints slump after Treasury overhaul

    February 5, 2026

    Complaints to the banks ombudsman fell to the lowest level in two years in the last quarter of 2025 as changes from regulators and Treasury ease the caseload. Between October and December the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 47,300 complaints – a major drop from the 68,400 lodged the year prior. It also maintains a [...]

  • UK construction ‘exits tailspin’ but job losses persist as housebuilding slumps

    February 5, 2026

    The UK’s struggling construction sector showed signs it was turning a corner at the beginning of the year even as job losses and shrinking order books persisted. The latest construction Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) from S&P Global – which serves as a headline index tracking industry activity – edged up to 46.4, up from 40.1 [...]

  • Bank of England Live: Interest rates held in narrow 5-4 call

    February 5, 2026

    Good morning and welcome to the City AM liveblog. The Bank of England’s monetary committee has decided to hold rates in its first meet of the year. Markets – and City AM‘s own Shadow MPC – had placed their bets on a hold as the Bank continues its gradual chop to the base rate. In [...]

  • Payments watchdog won’t be abolished ‘any earlier than 2027’

    February 4, 2026

    The boss of the payments watchdog has said he doesn’t expect the regulator to be officially abolished any earlier than the first quarter of 2027 as criticism grows over the slow progress of reforms in the sector. David Geale, managing director at the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), said he had “not seen the outcome” of [...]

  • Britain’s growth slumps and the Business Secretary scratches his head

    February 4, 2026

    Having spent another day wading through the Epstein-Mandelson email traffic I was going to write another column about how unbelievably grubby the revelations are, but it’s too depressing. So, I thought I’d focus on something more cheerful; the latest downgrades to the UK’s economic growth forecasts. On his visit to China alongside the PM, the [...]

  • The Debate: Should student loan debt be forgiven?

    February 4, 2026

    Student loans are under the spotlight, with those who took out plans between 2012 and 2023 feeling the bite. Should student debt (or some of it) be forgiven?

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