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New appointment to Financial Conduct Authority board announced

New appointment to Financial Conduct Authority board announced

Thursday, 15 February 2024

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami has appointed Bryan Zhang to the board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....

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Tax saving for 38,000 pubs as alcohol duty freeze takes effect

Tax saving for 38,000 pubs as alcohol duty freeze takes effect

Thursday, 01 February 2024

More than 38,000 pubs are set to benefit from six-month freeze to alcohol duty from today....

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£1,000 National Insurance cut boosts Britain’s paychecks

£1,000 National Insurance cut boosts Britain’s paychecks

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Millions of UK workers see boost in take home pay today as cut to National Insurance shows in January’s payslip as part of plan to reward work and boo...

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Economic Secretary’s capital markets speech to Bloomberg

Economic Secretary’s capital markets speech to Bloomberg

Friday, 26 January 2024

On Thursday 25th January, Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami delivered a speech at Bloomberg’s London HQ about the drive for a capital ma...

Bank of England and HM Treasury respond to digital pound consultation

Bank of England and HM Treasury respond to digital pound consultation

Thursday, 25 January 2024

The Bank of England (the Bank) and HM Treasury have today published their response to the consultation on a digital pound that was launched in Februar...

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Chancellor in Davos to champion British excellence in tech

Chancellor in Davos to champion British excellence in tech

Thursday, 18 January 2024

Jeremy Hunt champions British science and tech in first visit to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland from a UK Chancellor ...

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Three members reappointed to the Prudential Regulation Committee

Three members reappointed to the Prudential Regulation Committee

Thursday, 11 January 2024

The three external members have been reappointed by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. ...

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£1,000 yearly tax cut for households from today

£1,000 yearly tax cut for households from today

Saturday, 06 January 2024

27 million people across the UK will benefit from a yearly tax cut worth hundreds of pounds from today, meaning a household with two average earners w...

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New tax credits for British film, TV and video game makers start from today

New tax credits for British film, TV and video game makers start from today

Monday, 01 January 2024

British film, TV and video game producers will benefit from new, more generous tax credits that start today (1 January 2024)....

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VAT on period pants scrapped

VAT on period pants scrapped

Monday, 01 January 2024

Women will save up to £2 on a £12 pair of period pants as the government scraps VAT on the underwear....

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Spring Budget 2024 date confirmed

Spring Budget 2024 date confirmed

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Spring Budget 2024 will be 6 March....

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UK signs first of its kind financial services agreement with Switzerland

UK signs first of its kind financial services agreement with Switzerland

Thursday, 21 December 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement....

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Interactive tool to tackle domestic economic abuse launched

Interactive tool to tackle domestic economic abuse launched

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

New interactive tool launched today (20 December 2023) to help businesses and charities spot and tackle domestic economic abuse....

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New UK levy to level carbon pricing

New UK levy to level carbon pricing

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

The UK is to implement a new import carbon pricing mechanism by 2027 to support the decarbonisation drive....

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Rachel Kent made Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner

Rachel Kent made Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner

Monday, 18 December 2023

Rachel Kent will succeed Amerdeep Somal as the Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner, serving a five-year term starting on 1 January 2024....

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Appointments to the Board of the UK Infrastructure Bank

Appointments to the Board of the UK Infrastructure Bank

Thursday, 14 December 2023

HM Treasury has confirmed the appointments today...

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Anniversary of Edinburgh Reforms marks further progress

Anniversary of Edinburgh Reforms marks further progress

Friday, 08 December 2023

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami is today announcing further changes to financial services as he marks the anniversary of the Edinburgh ...

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New chief executive at the Government Internal Audit Agency

New chief executive at the Government Internal Audit Agency

Monday, 04 December 2023

Harriet Aldridge has been appointed as chief executive for the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)...

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UK generates billions in climate finance and first CRDC in Africa

UK generates billions in climate finance and first CRDC in Africa

Monday, 04 December 2023

Over £480 million as part of £1.6 billion of climate aid announced by the Prime Minister to help developing countries access climate finance and mobil...

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Record National Insurance cut arrives in less than six weeks

Record National Insurance cut arrives in less than six weeks

Thursday, 30 November 2023

The National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill is being debated in the Commons today (November 11)....

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Boost for UK AI as Microsoft unveils £2.5 billion investment

Boost for UK AI as Microsoft unveils £2.5 billion investment

Thursday, 30 November 2023

The Chancellor has welcomed Microsoft's £2.5 billion investment over the next 3 years to expand its next generation AI datacentre infrastructure....

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Autumn Finance Bill published to cut tax and back business

Autumn Finance Bill published to cut tax and back business

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

The Autumn Finance Bill 2023 has been published to enshrine a raft of landmark tax changes into law....

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Technology Working Group publishes report on fund tokenisation

Technology Working Group publishes report on fund tokenisation

Friday, 24 November 2023

The City Minister’s forum for examining the impact of technology on the UK’s investment management sector publishes its first report. ...

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Autumn Statement 2023 speech

Autumn Statement 2023 speech

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Autumn Statement 2023 speech as delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt....

Chancellor backs business and rewards workers to get Britain growing

Chancellor backs business and rewards workers to get Britain growing

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Tax cuts for working people and British business headlined Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ today, Wednesday 22 November....

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£320 million plan to usher innovation and deliver Mansion House Reforms

£320 million plan to usher innovation and deliver Mansion House Reforms

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

The Chancellor has announced a £320 million plan to drive innovation and unlock the first tranche of investment from his Mansion House Reforms....

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Record wage boost for nearly 3 million workers next year

Record wage boost for nearly 3 million workers next year

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Biggest ever increase to the National Living Wage, worth over £1,800 a year for a full-time worker, fulfils manifesto pledge to end low pay. ...

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Boost for UK’s life sciences sector as West Yorkshire hosts England’s third Investment Zone

Boost for UK’s life sciences sector as West Yorkshire hosts England’s third Investment Zone

Monday, 20 November 2023

The government has today (20 November) launched England’s third Investment Zone in West Yorkshire focussed on Huddersfield, Bradford and Leeds, which ...

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Chancellor to cut admin workloads to free up frontline staff

Chancellor to cut admin workloads to free up frontline staff

Saturday, 18 November 2023

The Chancellor will set out the case for reform across public services to unlock productivity...

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Billions of investment for British manufacturing to boost economic growth

Billions of investment for British manufacturing to boost economic growth

Friday, 17 November 2023

The government has today announced £4.5 billion in funding for British manufacturing to increase investment in eight sectors across the UK. The fundin...

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