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  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Sunak orders plan for windfall tax on electricity generators

    Treasury scheme would come in addition to levies on North Sea oil and gas producers

    1 hour ago
  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Andrew Bailey
    Bailey rejects criticism of BoE’s handling of inflation

    Central bank governor insists he is treading a ‘narrow path’ to contain prices without triggering a recession

    3 hours ago
  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK lawyers plan further protest over legal aid rates

    Solicitors in London to refuse burglary cases from May 25 as criminal barristers’ dissent continues

    3 hours ago
  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK employment
    More British high earners plan to work mostly at home, official data show

    ONS survey reveals sharp rise in proportion of hybrid staff planning to be based mostly away from office

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    North Sea’s biggest oil and gas producer warns against UK windfall tax

    Harbour Energy chief says levy would make some projects uneconomic and could be ‘detrimental’ to energy security

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    UK must ‘come clean’ on cost of nuclear to consumers, says infrastructure chief

    John Armitt urges transparency from government on energy bills impact

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Gazprom’s UK energy supply business considers rebrand

    Country’s biggest provider of gas to companies examines name change to distance itself from Russia

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Green investment could help UK levelling-up, says think-tank

    Increasing efforts on net zero capabilities would address regional economic disparities

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Interview
    Small-business chief in Downing Street talks over late payments

    Big companies are compounding problems of inflation and supply chain disruption

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK minister rows with rail unions ahead of mass strike ballot

    RMT says it will mount ‘fierce resistance’ to any government attempt to reduce right to industrial action

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Eni plans €2.5bn UK investment as calls for energy windfall tax grow

    Italian group’s commitment follows spending plans from BP, Shell and Harbour

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    LexUK inflation
    Jubilee/UK prices: veggie bangers replace liver as inflation marches on Premium content

    Consumer trends and living standards have shifted under Queen Elizabeth II, but wealth remains unequally divided

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    The last metro? Crossrail and the uncertain future of urban transit

    With passenger numbers falling and working patterns in flux, large-scale investment in metro rail could become a thing of the past

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Property sector
    Bridging loans surge as UK buyers scramble for property

    Brokers urge caution in volatile market

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK house prices
    Slowdown ahead for UK housing market

    Gap between equity-rich house owners and first-time buyers set to widen as cost of living crisis hits

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail groups prepare plans to restrict services ahead of strike vote

    Operators draft contingency measures such as a 12-hour-a-day service if unions vote for a full national strike

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Disrupted Times
    No easy solution to UK cost of living crisis

    Wall Street stocks sink, US approves $40bn in aid for Ukraine, the complexity of pigs

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    North of England university spinouts secure £215mn in funding deal

    Northern Gritstone aims to boost development of northern research hub to rival ‘Silicon Fen’ with latest investment round

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE chief economist warns on UK’s strong ‘inflationary momentum’

    Central bank is unsure how high interest rates will need to increase to curb price rises

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK trade
    UK hopes to conclude deal with Pacific trade bloc this year

    Negotiations with CPTPP could be complete by end of 2022, says international trade secretary

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Nationwide Building Society
    Nationwide warns inflation surge will hit house prices

    Profits double at UK’s largest building society on back of mortgage growth and higher interest margins

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales jump despite surge in inflation

    April boost for supermarket alcohol sales suggests more people are staying in rather than going out

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Tax
    Freelance tax reforms leave traps for the unwary

    Contractors need support in managing new IR35 rules

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    UK government is in semiconductor mess of its own making

    Untangling national security and strategic economic concerns around Newport Wafer Fab will be tough

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Nuclear energy
    Hinkley Point C costs set to soar by another £3bn, warns EDF

    Nuclear power plant now expected to total £25bn-£26bn with further delays anticipated

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