Families and businesses will benefit from slashed energy bills following a £6 billion funding boost to make homes warmer, ministers have announced. A Government grant scheme to support the installation of heat pumps is set to bring a £1.5 billion boost to
Rishi Sunak is set to unveil a package of measures to slash record net migration figures. The Prime Minister is expected to hike the salary threshold for skilled foreign workers from £26,200 to more than £35,000. A senior Whitehall source told The
Water regulator Ofwat will create a £100 million fund paid by customers to get the public to use less water. This is in a bid to bring down the level of water use across the country, Ofwat’s chief executive David Black said.
Jeremy Hunt hopes to kickstart the economy by slashing business taxes in his autumn statement. The Chancellor told the Daily Express it’s his “priority” as he seeks to boost growth. Improved public finances have raised hopes there is plenty of wriggle room
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is under pressure from his fellow ministers to slash inheritance tax (IHT) in the Autumn Statement. Government officials say the top taxman has been looking at reducing the levy for some time, as it continues to be unpopular with
The new technology will revolutionise how vast swathes of data are assessed and analysed. AI being developed is “extremely good at synthesising a lot of written information” and “answering questions”, said the PM’s expert Matt Clifford. This means the technology will help
Britain is “better off outside the European Union”, one of the co-founders of Facebook has said, urging PM Rishi Sunak to make the most of the UK’s hard-won Brexit freedoms. Dustin Moskovitz, who is now the CEO and majority owner of software
Stamp duty is likely to be slashed for millions of Brits as Tories hope to bounce back from two disastrous by-election results, it has been reported. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is reportedly looking at raising the threshold for the higher rate
A pensive Rishi Sunak faces turbulence at home (Image: Simon Walker/10 Downing Street) They are calling on Rishi Sunak to slash taxes and want him to get a grip on illegal migration to help defeat Labour at the polls. Tory MP Jonathan
Red tape and waste in Britain’s public services must be slashed to tackle soaring costs and keep taxes down, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned. Mr Hunt is concerned that costs are going “up and up” and says he wants to “slash admin”