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• Reeves should tackle excessively generous pensions taxation

  12-09-2024 16:03 via ft.com
  The chancellor must be careful not to increase the damaging incentives in the tax system as she seeks sources of revenue
  
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• Healey prepares UK for ‘really challenging’ Budget

  16-09-2026 20:46 via ft.com
  Chancellor’s allies say wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are having a ‘significant impact on the economy’
  
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• Britain’s unsustainable pensions lock

  16-09-2026 19:21 via ft.com
  It would be better to link state retirement benefits to earnings growth
  
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• Burnham's Budget bloodbath - his own expert warns of ‘socialist tax and spend’ blitz

  16-09-2026 17:30 via express.co.uk
  Even Andy Burnham's own advisers are warning us about next month's Budget.
  
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• Salary stand-off delays abolition of NHS quango

  16-09-2026 16:12 via ft.com
  Health service leaders are urging ministers to set up a temporary body to resolve deadlock
  
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• Bank issues £8,129 alert to anyone with cash ISA as major change looms

  16-09-2026 13:41 via express.co.uk
  New figures from Tesco Bank show people aren't using full allowance before 2027 rules alter
  
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• Santander customers told to dial three digits in fraud warning

  16-09-2026 13:27 via express.co.uk
  The bank warned of a particular type of scam which is targeting hard-working Brits
  
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• Burnham considers plan to give mayors greater oversight of water companies

  16-09-2026 12:24 via ft.com
  UK prime minister looks at proposal to create nine regional bodies that would set objectives for industry
  
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• PwC revenues fall for first time in two decades

  16-09-2026 10:01 via ft.com
  Middle East consulting business hit by prolonged slump
  
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• PwC revenues fall for first time in more than a decade

  16-09-2026 10:01 via ft.com
  Middle East consulting business hit by prolonged slump
  
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• McLaren to compete against Lamborghini and Ferrari with its first SUV

  16-09-2026 10:00 via ft.com
  British sports-car maker is hoping the move will help increase sales and profits and end years of losses
  
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• McLaren to compete against Lamborghini and Ferrari with hybrid SUVs

  16-09-2026 10:00 via ft.com
  British sports-car maker is hoping the move will help increase sales and profits and end years of losses
  
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• Winter Fuel Payment is back - but more than two million pensioners still won’t get it

  16-09-2026 09:21 via express.co.uk
  Former chancellor Rachel Reeves signed her political death warrant when she scrapped the Winter Fuel Payment for all but the poorest pensioners.
  
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• Road fuels push UK inflation higher in August

  16-09-2026 09:19 via ft.com
  Rise in headline rate was almost exclusively down to higher energy prices with few signs yet of broadening price pressures
  
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• New state pension triple lock threat as Andy Burnham plots shock decision - gone by Spring

  16-09-2026 08:56 via express.co.uk
  Once again, the state pension triple lock has proved its worth.
  
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• UK inflation rose to 3.1% in August

  16-09-2026 08:32 via ft.com
  Figure worsens squeeze on households ahead of BoE meeting
  
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• Submit a question: What do British businesses need from the Budget?

  16-09-2026 08:29 via ft.com
  Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with John Gapper, the FT’s chief UK business columnist, on Thursday September 17 at 1pm BST
  
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• ITV expert BBC TV £180 licence refund advice 'just fill in form' for thousands

  16-09-2026 08:03 via express.co.uk
  On This Morning Grace Forell said 'Not many people know this, but you can get a refund'
  
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• Inflation blow for John Healey as prices rise by 3.1% in August

  16-09-2026 08:01 via express.co.uk
  The latest UK Consumer Prices Index inflation figures have been announced.
  
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• Martin Lewis 5 minute task could save you £125 on heating bills this winter

  16-09-2026 08:00 via express.co.uk
  Martin Lewis shared a tiny heating habit that feels almost too simple, but it could save you more money than you thought possible with such a simple switch.
  
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• UK chancellor considering Budget tax raid on higher stake slot machines

  16-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  John Healey faces fierce industry lobbying as sector warns of thousands of job losses
  
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• Healey looking at hitting betting shops, but not pubs, with gambling tax

  16-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  John Healey faces fierce industry lobbying as sector warns of thousands of job losses
  
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• Key state pension £12,570 update as '94 per cent' set to be hit with new bill

  16-09-2026 05:01 via express.co.uk
  Experts claim a huge proportion will pay tax as a result of frozen boundaries and the triple lock
  
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• Nissan to invest £170mn to build a new hybrid SUV at Sunderland plant

  16-09-2026 01:40 via ft.com
  The addition of a fourth model comes as carmaker looks to boost factory’s utilisation rate, which is hovering at about 50%
  
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• Nissan calls for UK tariffs on Chinese car imports for EU deal

  16-09-2026 01:40 via ft.com
  The carmaker also demands easing of UK’s EV targets as it unveils plans to invest £170mn in Sunderland plant
  
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• End of an era as Thatcher’s favourite council backs 94% tax rise

  15-09-2026 23:12 via ft.com
  Wandsworth local authority in London accuses Labour government of ‘deliberately targeting’ it
  
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• State Pension warning as retirees could face £700 tax bill by 2036

  15-09-2026 23:07 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners have been warned they could eventually face a £700 tax bill as payments continue to rise.
  
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• State Pension warning as retirees could face £700 tax bill

  15-09-2026 23:07 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners have been warned they could eventually face a £700 tax bill as payments continue to rise.
  
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• UK bosses must ‘sit down’ with staff if they reject WFH requests

  15-09-2026 22:03 via ft.com
  Louise Haigh tells Trades Union Congress that every ask for flexibility ‘should be taken seriously’ by employers
  
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• UK bosses must ‘sit down’ with staff if they block WFH requests

  15-09-2026 20:18 via ft.com
  Louise Haigh tells Trades Union Congress that every request for flexibility ‘should be taken seriously’ by employers
  
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