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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking at imposing capital gains tax on the sale of houses above £1.5bn as she looks to fill a £40bn hole in the public finances. The…

OneSavings Bank (OSB) recorded a hefty hit to profit for the first half of 2025 as lower interest rates took a chunk out of the group’s bottom line. The London-listed…

Shares in Costain tumbled in the opening minutes of trade in London after the construction firm was hit by further delays to HS2. The Bishopsgate-based business said its overall revenue…

Uefa has opted against introducing the dynamic pricing model favoured by Fifa for selling tickets for the 2028 Euros in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland. The European…

Inflation jumped in July, official data has suggested, creating a dilemma for Bank of England officials ahead of its next policy meeting in September.  The Office for National Statistics (ONS)…

Younger generations are taking a “more flexible approach” towards saving for retirement, amid concerns that traditional savings routes won’t be enough to rely on. The majority of younger generations see…

London deserves its own great public square – one worthy of postcards, of celebrations, of idle evenings spent in good company, writes John Oxley Being out of London for some…

A question: which stocks are among the best performing in 2025? You might pick Palantir, the US software business run by billionaire Alex Karp that’s trading on eye-popping multiples. It’s gone…

New data has revealed that not only is Gen Z not using credit cards, they’re actively afraid. But can we blame them, asks Rich Bayer For decades, credit cards have…

Over the past year, the world’s biggest banks‘ net zero enthusiasm has quickly and quietly dried up. Top lenders have backtracked, diluted or outright abandoned their environmental, social and governance (ESG)…