General Election 2024: Richard Tice and Nigel Farage’s Reform call for ‘employer immigration tax’ May 30, 2024 Reform UK leader Richard Tice has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” in a bid to reduce a UK “addiction to cheap overseas labour”.
General Election 2024: Hunt accuses Starmer of ‘flip-flopping’ on VAT hike May 30, 2024 The Tories and Labour are embroiled in a row over VAT after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Keir Starmer’s party of “flip-flopping” over tax policy.
Mark Kleinman: Labour and Tories yet to win business over May 30, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column
Supply of houses reaches highest level in eight years as sellers remain confident ahead of general election May 30, 2024 The amount of homes for sale is at its highest in eight years, according to a new report, but this could lead to house prices remaining flat for the remainder of 2024.
Labour pledges to increase police numbers to tackle rising street crime May 30, 2024 Labour is pledging to put more police on the streets in a bid to tackle rising street crime, which they say has gone up under the Tories.
Let’s be honest, young adults should be free to make their own choices May 30, 2024 From smoking bans to national service, depriving young adults of basic freedoms is a growing trend among policy makers, says Matthew Lesh Growing up we were told a straightforward story about how to succeed: try hard at school, get into university or some sort of training, find work in a relevant field, save for a [...]
London retains title as tech capital of the world as Oxford and Cambridge close in on New York May 30, 2024 A closely-watched league table has once again named London the tech capital of the world, while Oxford and Cambridge are closing in on New York.
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
NHS junior doctors announce new five-day strike in long-running dispute over pay May 29, 2024 Junior doctors in England will strike over five days from 27 June until 2 July in a long running dispute over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.
What small business leaders want from the General Election 2024 May 29, 2024 Small business support leaders have named access to finance, taxes, and sustainability support as some of their core areas of hope for pro-business policies ahead of the general election on July 4. As both main political parties continue on their race to win the votes of Britain’s businesses, big and small, political uncertainty remains heightened [...]