23+ hour, 45+ min ago   (406+ words) The scheme builds on the success of its £10 million pilot, Breakthrough Wave 1, which drew an astonishing 700 applications from creative technology firms across every corner of the UK. That response, officials say, is proof of the sheer depth of talent and…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (198+ words) Ministers insist local leaders “won’t want to price themselves out of the market,” but that is precisely the kind of vague reassurance that has done little to calm an industry already reeling from two years of Labour tax raids. The…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (996+ words) It marks the first annual decline recorded by the index since November 2023. Prices also slipped by 0.2 per cent during August itself, following a 0.1 per cent fall in July, despite economists having expected a modest increase. Perhaps more concerning than the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (779+ words) The proposal forms part of a wider vision to reshape how people travel around Britain’s second city, with the council seeking to prioritise walking and cycling in local neighbourhoods and reduce the prominence of cars. The plan states: “A limit…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (230+ words) The timing could scarcely be crueller. This same month, a record 262,820 eighteen-year-olds secured university places on the back of their A-level results, cheering their way into an education system that is about to funnel them, three or four years from…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) conservativepost.co.uk The Labour government is preparing to dispatch HMRC valuation inspectors to private homes as part of the rollout of the so-called “mansion tax,” with owners facing criminal penalties simply for refusing entry, according to reporting first published…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (653+ words) HMRC is considering creating a criminal offence covering taxpayers who make false statements or declarations about their tax affairs where their behaviour is judged to have been “reckless”. The proposed offence would extend to direct taxes, including income tax and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (201+ words) Youth unemployment, among 16 to 25-year-olds, sits at 16.2 per cent, still well above the pandemic-era peak, and business groups have squarely blamed Labour’s policy choices. Economists at PwC and the Work Foundation likewise pointed to an “uneven” and stagnant jobs market,…...