Finance

The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby.

A firm which operates eight holiday parks in the west of Scotland has gone into administration.

On average, struggling locals are handing over staggering sums to the taxman, according to new data from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.

China has financed investment worth tens of billions of pounds in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which provided it access to military-grade technology.

Croydon Council is owed more than £1.13 million in unpaid parking fines, with some drivers accumulating hundreds of penalty charge notices (PCNs) without paying a penny.

Rachel Reeves’s decision to impose a £25 billion “jobs tax” on employers in last year’s Budget remains her single biggest blunder, and that’s saying something.

Rachel Reeves plans to completely remove the two-child benefit cap in the November budget, a move that could cost over £3bn but lift 350,000 children out of poverty.

HMRC is re-evaluating decisions to remove child benefit payments from 23,500 individuals after using their travel data to determine they had left the UK.

Drivers using electric vehicles (EVs) could face a new pay-per-mile tax in Rachel Reeves’s Budget, according to reports.

The average price of a home in the UK is set to hit £440,000 by 2030, new data has shown.

The BBC has spent over £18m on taxis, hotels, and trains for staff and contributors in just the last three years, an LBC investigation has revealed.

Marks and Spencer’s profits have more than halved after suffering a major cyberattack earlier this year, which led to a more than 40% drop in online home and fashion sales when the company was forced to suspend website orders.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle has pledged his support for British industries with an announcement of £420 million energy savings but declined to comment on whether they would face tax rises in the upcoming Budget.

Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator proceeds with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.

A long-hoped-for footbridge across the River Lea could be built in 2027 – after nearly £10million was put up by two councils to fund it.

The UK government will provide an additional £5 million in emergency humanitarian funding to support the Caribbean region’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa.

People with disabilities are "deeply concerned" that they might experience financial difficulties due to speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves might announce changes to the Motability car-lease scheme in the upcoming Budget next month.