Goldman Sachs sees deeper UK recession after tax U-turnGoldman revised its 2023 UK economic output forecast to a 1% contraction from an earlier forecast for a 0.4% output drop, with core inflati...
16 Oct, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeksBut few were prepared for the scale of the sound and fury -- least of all Truss herself. In just six weeks, the prime minister's libertaria...
16 Oct, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
New UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt warns some taxes will rise in sign of new U-turnIn a hurried news conference shortly after dismissing Kwarteng, Truss said the corporation tax rate would increase, abandoning her plan to ...
15 Oct, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
Fighting for survival as UK PM, a chastened Liz Truss changes course againA chastened Truss addressed her first news conference as prime minister to admit she had gone "further and faster" than markets expected an...
14 Oct, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
UK's Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng- BBCDowning Street confirmed that Truss, in power for only 37 days, would hold a press conference later on Friday after Kwarteng was forced to ...
14 Oct, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
UK's PM Liz Truss to hold first news conference amid market turmoilMarket turmoil sparked by the September 23 budget has led to speculation that Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are set to announce a new...
14 Oct, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
IMF claims UK's tax cuts would intensify fight against cost-of-living issueDespite having warned that the chancellor's mini-budget will cause prices to rise, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has intensified it...
11 Oct, 2022, 09.54 PM IST
Market will continue to be very nervous of Liz Truss government: Alistair Newton“Prime Minister Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) are in deep trouble within their own party. The party confer...
03 Oct, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces cuts on stamp duty. What is in it for you?Kwasi Kwarteng announced reductions in the top 45% rate of income tax, and national insurance, including a stamp duty discount for new home...
23 Sep, 2022, 10.51 PM IST
UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces reversal of National Insurance hike from November, more details insideUK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng declared they would reverse the National Insurance hike from November to April. The tax cut will enable 28 mil...
23 Sep, 2022, 12.17 AM IST
Pound falls to 37-year low as poor retail sales lift economic woesThe pound fell more than 1% against the dollar to 1.1351, its lowest since 1985, its fall accelerating once it passed through the then 37-y...
16 Sep, 2022, 03.01 PM IST
UK leader Liz Truss rules out windfall tax for oil companiesSpeaking during her first session of prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, Truss rebuffed opposition calls for a new windfall...
07 Sep, 2022, 06.17 PM IST
Where's Boris? British Prime Minister on leave as economic crisis deepensDowning Street has refused to say where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holidaying for a belated honeymoon with wife Carrie this week, but ...
05 Aug, 2022, 03.42 PM IST
UK bars Russia from its accounting, PR servicesThe government in London said UK businesses supply 10 percent of Russia's imports in the services sector and that the UK has now sanctioned...
04 May, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
UK health leaders call for Covid curbs as infections riseBut ministers remain opposed to reintroducing any curbs, arguing the situation is still far better than earlier this year and the country i...
20 Oct, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
British industry warns of factory closures without help on fuel costsWholesale gas prices have increased 400% this year in Europe, partly due to low stocks and strong demand from Asia, putting particular pres...
09 Oct, 2021, 07.49 PM IST
UK wants to vaccinate all adults before sharing vaccine with other countries"I think our focus has to be to try and keep Britain safe, we want to work cooperatively as well with other countries but the main priority...
30 Mar, 2021, 12.03 PM IST