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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    UK executives dump shares on fears of Labour capital gains tax raid

    Public filings show disposals have doubled in wake of election and ahead of crunch Budget

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK employment
    Labour’s workers’ rights bill: a ‘sea change’ for UK employment?

    Ministers claim the reforms are ‘pro-business’ but companies remain uneasy over the effect on hiring and costs

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves weighs capital gains tax hike to help plug UK’s Budget gap

    Treasury models impact of changes, but rules out ‘exit tax’ on those who leave Britain to avoid being hit

    Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Labour must keep listening to business

    Boosting employee rights should not undermine the goal of raising growth

    Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK mortgage rates
    Cheapest UK mortgage deals hit by rise in government borrowing costs

    Barclays pulls best-priced home loan rate with other lenders set to follow suit

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK tax
    Peel Hunt takes Aim at the IFS

    Battle lines are drawn over inheritance tax on London’s junior stock market

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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    ‘Lighter touch’ process for dismissals planned under UK workers’ bill

    Government concession follows fierce lobbying from business groups

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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    Five takeaways from UK employment rights bill

    Labour meets manifesto pledge to release package within 100 days of taking office but leaves big decisions for later

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    TSB fined £11mn for mistreating customers — including a dead one

    UK FCA says lender’s ‘woeful systems and controls’ exposed struggling clients to risk of harm

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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    The animal spirits of British business need to be lifted

    The UK government’s international investment summit next week comes at a gloomy moment

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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    Asset manager posts another quarter of net outflows amid ‘challenging’ conditions

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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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    Why are a rising number of young Britons out of work?

    A record 35% of people aged 18-24 were classed as ‘inactive’ this year, driven by a mental health crisis

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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    UK ministers fire starting gun on landmark worker rights reform

    Government softens proposal for day one protection from unfair dismissal as it sets out flagship package

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves must convince on growth to keep bond investors on side

    IFS says any increased spending in the Budget must deliver economic expansion

    Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor of the exchequer
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves rules out ‘exit tax’ for wealthy people leaving UK

    Chancellor urged to bring in expatriation charge in order to avoid increasing UK capital gains levy in Budget

    Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Starmer refuses to rule out raising employer national insurance rate

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves could raise billions of pounds by introducing levy on employer pension contributions

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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    Labour to soften worker protection plan after business pressure

    Ministers braced for union backlash after accepting case for letting companies keep employees on probation for up to 9 months

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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    Lessons in law and economics from the Next pay gap case

    Companies need to be careful, but the judgment ultimately preserves market forces

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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    Why Reeves is ‘walking a tightrope’ ahead of the Budget

    UK chancellor will submit proposals to independent watchdog on Wednesday

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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
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    Should we let friends share our nanny?

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  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
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    Business seeks clearer timetable on UK worker rights overhaul

    Unions and employer groups receive briefing of draft legislation ahead of its publication on Thursday

    Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner arriving for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on October 8
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK tax
    General Atlantic chief says higher UK taxes will not harm investing

    Bill Ford says his approach would not change if carried interest loophole is closed

    Bill Ford speaking at the FT’s Due Diligence conference
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Pension funds call for UK fiscal rule change to spur investment

    Current definition means the government is ‘actively discouraged’ from spending on infrastructure

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  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
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    Abu Dhabi writes off 9.9% stake in Thames Water

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