OECD tells Andy Burnham scrapping the pension triple lock would save £60bn, urging broader taxes and deeper devolution. What it means…
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Chipmunks return: why waiting a decade for the right deal paid off
Alvin and the Chipmunks return in a digital-first reboot with a 2028 film. What the family-owned franchise teaches UK SMEs about…
Scrap National Insurance and the 45p rate, think tank tells Burnham
Policy Exchange urges Andy Burnham to abolish national insurance, stamp duty, inheritance tax and the 45p rate. What the plan would…
Scrap green levies to cut energy bills by a fifth, Burnham told
Business energy costs must be Andy Burnham’s day-one priority, say CBI and Energy UK, with green levy cuts worth a fifth…
Festivals get longer licences and red tape cut in £45m music plan
The government’s new UK music plan promises festival licensing reform and a £45m growth fund. What Turn It Up means for…
$300 a kilo: space cargo costs falling faster than steam ever did
Space launch costs are falling faster than steamship freight in the 1800s and could hit $300 a kilo by 2040. What…
Small firms freeze hiring as Iran war drags growth to five-year low
Britain’s businesses have stopped hiring and slipped into “survival mode”, with economic output stuttering to a five-year low in June as…
Red card for red tape: 96% of firms say regulation is failing them
96 per cent of firms told the government’s own red tape survey that regulators create unnecessary problems. What the findings mean…
Burnham will not ‘tax the hell out of you’, says Jim O’Neill
Jim O’Neill says Andy Burnham will not ‘tax the hell out of you’ but must scrap the triple lock and overhaul…
Banker who bought Northern Rock named to lead audit watchdog
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, ex-Virgin Money chief, is the government’s pick to chair the FRC. What the audit watchdog’s new leadership means…