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  • From Jaffa Cakes to National Insurance: How to fix Britain’s mad tax system – according to the experts

    Tax

    In its latest report, the OECD scolded the UK for its illogical and growth-impeding tax system. Ali Lyon speaks to five tax experts to work out how to fix it. Potato crisps and their corn chip cousins are – as indulgent savoury snacks go – undeniably similar. They taste alike and are a similar size. [...]

    Rachel Reeves delivering spring statement at podium with financial charts in background, addressing economic policies.
  • ‘Student Tax’ to hit graduates on minimum wage by April

    Economics

    Thousands of graduates will find themselves stranded in their home town, unable to root out professional opportunities, when April’s hike in the minimum wage drags them into the threshold of student loan repayments, a top financial services firm has warned. The government announced an above inflation rise in the National Living Wage of 5.6 per [...]

    University leaders have been calling on the government to raise the annual tuition fee for domestic students in line with inflation to help institutions struggling financially.

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