Reeves cannot ‘act surprised’ as a million pensioners are pulled into the tax net
Rachel Reeves has been told that ministers cannot “act surprised” when pensioners start asking why retirement now comes with a larger tax bill. The warning...
Aldi banks on £370m store splurge as discounters keep eating the big four’s lunch
Aldi is to open 16 new stores across Britain over the coming months, the latest move in a £370 million push to widen its UK...
UK unemployment falls to 4.9% as pay growth beats forecasts before Bank of England verdict
Britain’s unemployment rate edged down to 4.9 per cent in the three months to April, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics...
Can AI chatbots really pick stock market winners?
Taxi drivers, stockbrokers and the bloke propping up the bar at your local have all, at one time or another, served as a source of...
Weather trumps the World Cup at the till, says Tesco as growth cools
A washout spring has done more damage to Britain’s supermarket tills than any World Cup win, according to the boss of Tesco, after the country’s...
‘Tax break tart’: how hospitality plans to game the summer VAT cut on children’s meals
As operators ridicule the Chancellor’s giveaway, one Kensington venue is touting a £25 “kids” menu of burgundy snails and anchovy butter toast Pubs and restaurants...