A seemingly modest 2% tax rise announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to ripple through the UK economy from 2026-2027, affecting renters, savers and investors alike. While each change may look minor on its own, together they form what critics are calling a "2% squeeze" on household finances.
Britain likes to tell itself a comforting story about modern banking. We are told that consumers have never had more choice: dozens of apps, instant switching, colourful cards, spending insights at our fingertips.
The changes to pension salary sacrifice in the budget affect more people than at first thought. It has exposed another way wealthier workers gain a tax advantage over lower paid people.
Launched by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in 2018 as part of the Northern Innovation Hub (NIH), IMPACT30 was created to support the next generation of business leaders by providing tailored support, mentoring and specialist guidance to people aged 35 and under in key decision‑making roles. Over its 15 cohorts, the fully funded programme has helped participants develop their skills, build confidence and accelerate business growth.
Young people will be given a quicker route into high-quality jobs on major projects as the Government slashes red tape to fast-track the process. Faster approval process to update apprenticeships and develop short courses to address urgent skills needs in major projects.
For much of the twentieth century, class in Britain was defined by work, what you did, how secure it was, and how much it paid. Today, that old framework is no longer enough and a new and more decisive divide has taken its place not between managers and workers, but between those who own property and those who do not.
UK company directors can claim as allowable expenses under HMRC rules. The golden principle is that expenses must be incurred "wholly and exclusively" for business purposes not personal use.
Few issues provoke as much anxiety among parents as screens and children. Smartphones tend to dominate the debate, but focusing on phones alone misses the bigger picture.
Things are getting tighter for households in the UK and particularly in Scotland where household savings are lower. Household finances and consumer confidence are shaping the economy as of early 2026 including spending patterns, debt, savings, housing, and the impact of inflation and living costs.
A Byline Times article report how UK health and defence records connect Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Palantir, Mandelson and Russian Criminal networks with links to UK government contracts. Its all getting more and more murky and you might think its like a spy novel.
Crypto hype and AI stock surges may look distant, but their collapse could ripple into pensions, jobs, and household bills. Pensions and Retirement savings shrink as tech-heavy funds lose value.
John Logie Baird's demonstration of television in the 1920s was not just a technological curiosity; it marked the beginning of one of the most economically influential inventions of the modern era. Nearly a century later, television has reshaped economies not through a single shock, but through a long chain of structural changes affecting industry, labour, consumption, politics, and culture.
Communities from Shetland to Dumfries & Galloway have benefited from more than £19 million in Government funding to help make social housing more energy efficient and cleaner to heat. Allocations from the latest funding round of the Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund published today show that 27 projects across the country made successful applications, bringing clean heating and energy efficiency improvements to around 2,300 social homes.
For most people in the UK, the names at the centre of political-financial controversies feel remote. Global banks, former cabinet ministers, powerful figures moving easily between government and elite networks now exposed leave most people cold.
Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific, and empirically unsupported.
Business rates (officially called Non‑Domestic Rates) are a tax on properties that aren't homes—shops, offices, factories, warehouses, pubs, etc. They're calculated by multiplying your property’s Rateable Value (RV) (set by the local Assessor based on rental value) by the poundage rate (set annually by the Scottish Government).
It begins, as all great scandals do, with a brown paper envelope. Not the kind containing sandwiches or scribbled notes, but the kind bulging with cash—handed over with a wink and a muttered "just a few questions, mind you." At the time, I treated these envelopes with the same casual indifference one reserves for takeaway menus.
Bitcoin has halved in value since October, and this is not a routine market correction. It is a crash.
The cutoff of Russia's access to Starlink happened on 4 February 2026, when pro‑war Russian military bloggers reported that frontline troops had suddenly lost satellite internet. SpaceX introduced a new "white list" registration system, which blocks unverified terminals.
Credit cards were once marketed as symbols of flexibility and convenience. Today, they are increasingly becoming shackles of persistent debt for millions of households across the UK.
