Umbrella vs Limited Company — the choice UK contractors make without realising it can cost them up to £10,000 a year. In this video, we break down the 2025/26 numbers and show how tax, National Insurance, IR35, and even your payslip structure change your real take-home pay.
Financial support to help pensioners heat their homes this winter has started to roll out across the country. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment will provide support to at least 880,000 pensioners to help with heating bills.
You might not care very much about the prospect of the AI bubble bursting. Surely it's just something for the tech bros of Silicon Valley to worry about - or the wealthy investors who have spent billions of dollars funding development.
NDA announces £1 million investment to develop masterplan for clean energy development on land adjacent to Sellafield. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced today it's investing £1 million of funding to develop the masterplan for a clean energy development on land adjacent to Sellafield, known as Pioneer Park.
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven KC has been appointed to lead an independent review of laws on public order and hate crime. Following the terrorist attack in Manchester on 2 October, the Home Secretary announced an independent review of existing public order and hate crime legislation.
An independent report by an expert group set up to review the current law on abortion in Scotland has been published today. The Abortion Law Expert Group was commissioned following a Programme for Government commitment for 2023 -24 to independently review the existing law and ensure that abortion services are safe and treated first and foremost as a healthcare matter for women.
There is strong evidence that an increasing number of Americans are missing (or falling behind on) car payments, particularly in the subprime auto‐loan market. And this trend has broader implications for the U.S.
UN humanitarian fund receives Scottish Government funding in addition to UK Government contributions. Are Scottish Taxpayers paying twice? £600,000 humanitarian aid for the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty — and the power of the honours system. We accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King's sword.
Vulnerable claimants moved to Universal Credit with specialist help, as Government puts those who need it most at heart of delivery. Over 9 in 10 Employment and Support Allowance [ESA] customers invited to move now on modern benefit system as historic transformation nears completion.
Thousands of Scottish workers will gain new skills and enhance their career prospects through a £2 million investment delivered by trade unions. The latest round of the Scottish Government's Union Learning Fund will support 23 programmes in sectors ranging from social care to the steel industry.
New survey data shows that British families eat a significantly larger variety of foods since 1940. New data shows how the British diet has changed over the last 85 years - as global tastes and demands for heathier food change what's on our plates.
Council confirms letter of concern sent to Home Office regarding proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks. Council Leader Raymond Bremner, Convenor Bill Lobban and Leader of the Opposition Alasdair Christie have written to the Home Secretary outlining concerns at proposals to accommodate 300 adult male asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.
Fraser of Allander Institute article yesterday in a budget preview set out the Implications for Scotland of abolishing the two-child limit". The institute estimates that if the two‑child limit on Universal Credit (UK policy) were abolished, the Scottish Government's cost saving via its mitigation payment (the Two‑Child Limit Payment or TCLP) would be around £155 million in 2026-27.
The UK economy showed more signs of slowing down with the slowest quarterly growth since the mini recession of 2023. Growth actually fell in September after a flat August.
As AI is seemingly Seeping into every aspect of our lives the Time Educational supplement published an article with some very good suggestions. Although aimed at school leaders it is easy to see how the suggestions could assist anyone involved in meeting, minute taking and needing to save time Doing more in less time is a going to improve productivity and much more.
UK Government 'Brand Scotland' funding helps award-winning producers, including Haddington-based Yester Farm Dairies Limited, debut produce in Spanish stores. Scotland's dairy sector is celebrating a major export win with Scottish cheese going on sale in Spain for the first time.
In the three months to September 2025, compared with the three months to June 2025: Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1%, following growth of 0.2% in the three months to August 2025 (revised down from growth of 0.3% in our previous publication). Services output grew by 0.2%, compared with growth of 0.3% in the three months to August 2025 (revised down from our initial estimate of 0.4%).
A children's social worker who had a double life running a large-scale drug and weapons enterprise had her sentence increased following intervention by the Solicitor General. Chloe Scott (27) from Lewisham, London, had her sentence increased by three years and three months after the Solicitor General referred her case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.
The Highland Council is taking a significant step forward in addressing the region's housing needs and unlocking development potential by progressing plans to establish three to four Masterplan Consent Areas (MCAs) across Highland. MCAs are a legal planning tool that enable advance consent for large development sites, significantly reducing the time it takes to deliver housing and infrastructure.