Millions of people will receive their essential financial support before the August bank holiday weekend, as the Government has confirmed that benefit payments will be brought forward to Friday 22 August. Change to benefits payment date for millions of people will help them with their financial planning and providing peace of mind for those on low incomes.
China has been producing energy at an unprecedented rate. In this piece we are looking at some of the most interesting graphs capturing the real dominance of China's energy production.
Plug-in van and truck grant extended to at least 2027. thousands of businesses and fleet operators will continue to receive crucial financial support after existing grant scheme extended.
AI is expanding rapidly in almost every aspect of the jobs market from self service checkouts in supermarkets to all types of clerical work where some young people used to get their early employment. The NEET category has been increasing recently.
Mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns visits West Burton to see first hand how the UK's world-leading fusion energy programme will deliver for local people. Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, visited the STEP Fusion site at West Burton on Thursday to see first-hand how the UK's world-leading fusion energy programme is set to deliver exciting new opportunities for Lincolnshire residents.
The unemployment numbers are rising modestly due to people being counted in other ways such as on sickness benefits or retired but effectively less people presenting for work. Unemployment is defined narrowly: people without a job, actively seeking work, and available to start.
Over the last decade the number of people claiming sickness and health-related benefits in the UK has risen noticeably, and this increase is particularly pronounced among older working-age groups. Official caseloads show millions of people now receiving incapacity or disability-related support: in early 2024 around four million people in England and Wales were recorded as claiming such benefits.
Many think a "billionaire tax" could solve the UK's problems — but there are only 156 of them. The real wealth — and the real untaxed income — is spread far wider.
The Highland Council is taking steps toward revitalising Inverness City Centre, building on the momentum of recent landmark developments including the Inverness Castle Experience, the Victorian Market, and the refurbishment of Inverness Townhouse. The City Centre Review report presented to the City of Inverness Area Committee outlined a renewed strategic focus on enhancing the built environment, improving public spaces, and supporting a vibrant, welcoming city centre for residents and visitors alike.
Rachel Springall, Finance Expert at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk, comments on the card spending statistics from UK Finance, out today. "The latest statistics from UK Finance mean many borrowers are still incurring interest charges on their credit cards, which can be hefty.
Patients and frontline staff could see huge benefits from new AI helping people out of hospital quicker and slashing bureaucracy. Patients and frontline staff could see huge benefits from new AI helping people out of hospital quicker and slashing bureaucracy.
HMRC and the government are moving to make NI numbers routine for savers — ISA managers already must take them for new accounts, and banks/building societies will be required to collect NI numbers for (ordinary) savings accounts under rules being introduced for April 2027. What that means for you ISAs: From 6 April 2025 new ISA applications must include the investor's National Insurance number (unless they're not eligible to have one).
Trump's trade war triggers a collapse in US exports, worsening the trade deficit and hurting American business..
Politicians tell us the UK is "borrowing too much" and faces a "debt crisis." That's wrong. The government creates the pounds it spends, and what's called "borrowing" is really just it accepting deposits — or savings — from the public and financial markets.
The UK government has announced it will not put taxpayers money in to subsidise bioethanol plants in the UK affected by he UK/USA trade deal. Under the May 2025 UK-US trade agreement, a 19 percent import duty on American ethanol was scrapped for up to 1.4 billion litres annually—equivalent to the entire UK market—opening the door to cheaper US-produced bioethanol.
With the UK government facing a multibillion pound gap between revenue and spending, calls for a wealth tax are becoming louder. More than 30 top economists recently wrote to the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, saying the measure could raise billions of pounds.
In 2025, Canada quietly began rerouting its $18B aluminum exports - not toward the United States, but toward Europe. Why? Carbon policy.
While most of us who do not work in the bioethanol industries the affects are widespread on food and fuels. Perhaps we all need to get a better look at the other affects that are coming under the UK/USA Trade Deal.
Politicians tell us taxes pay for public services. In reality, it does something far more important — it shapes our society.
Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn't enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country's public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn - and there are no shortage of ideas.
