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Trying to raise tens of billions of pounds in revenue without touching the three taxes that account for the lion’s share of the total tax haul is like trying to …

Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column. This week he tackles what a bank tax would do to …

High street banks’ return to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) inched onwards in the second quarter.  The big banks have turned back to the area as the government clamps down …

UK fintech maintained a heavy level of activity in the first half of 2025 but faced new threats from growing financial hubs. Over 70 significant acquisitions of smaller rivals or …

European defence stocks rallied on Wednesday after the shock arrival of Russian drones across the border with Poland sent tensions in the region to fresh highs. Shares in FTSE 100 …

Merck has pulled out of a planned £1bn London drug research centre in the latest blow to the government’s growth agenda. The US pharma giant is to lay off 127 …

Amazon’s UK profit has been revealed – with the total estimated to be well above the £500m mark. Unusually, Jeff Bezos’ empire doesn’t file a single set of group accounts …

RMT chief Eddie Dempsey has claimed that tube drivers on £72,000 a year were not making enough to buy a home in London, reflecting the union boss’ militant position on …

Fighting for a Free Future is a new movement to shift the UK’s political debate towards liberty, low taxes, and smaller government in order to avert what they describe as …

British Olympian Ben Proud could have his UK Sport funding cut after choosing to join the Enhanced Games. The rebel competition, known by many as the Doping Olympics, will allow …