SHOCKING: 14 - What They Never Told You

More than 13,000 high street shops closed in 2024

Experts have warned there is ‘worse set to come’ in 2025 because of Budget cost hikes.

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025

Starmer ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’ despite £100m hospice funding boost

Rachel Reeves was dubbed ‘the Grinch who stole Christmas’ for refusing to exempt hospices from the national insurance hike in her Budget

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

Shoe Zone blames Budget costs for store closures and warns over profits

Shares in the retailer slumped as it slashed profit guidance for the year to next September, just two months after warning over 2023-24 earnings.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Currys boss says price rises ‘inevitable’ due to Budget cost increases

Alex Baldock also warned that policies announced by the Chancellor in October will ‘depress investment and hiring’ plans.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024

New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services

Mencap warns it will be hit by the Labour chancellor’s rise in National Insurance paid by employers

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024

Business confidence tumbles to two-year low following Reeves’s raid on employers

Bosses expect orders to fall, costs to rise and consumer confidence to be hit

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Voting against the Budget will be ‘albatross’ around Labour’s neck, says Swinney

The SNP remain short of a majority and will have to seek support from other parties to pass the Budget.

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Business confidence slides to almost two-year low after Budget

Firms said they expect to come under pressure from rising costs, reduced customer confidence and falling orders.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2024

John Swinney on track to lead pro-independence majority in Holyrood in new poll

JOHN Swinney is on course to lead the SNP to a pro-independence majority in Holyrood following the announcement of next year's Budget, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2024

Currys could reveal Black Friday boost or Budget hit in interim results

The retailer will announce its half-year results after analysts said recent Budget tax rises could put a dent in its recovery.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024