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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK Budget
      The damp squib Statement

      Well that was a let-down

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Jeremy Hunt defends tax cuts despite pressure on public services

      Fiscal watchdog says chancellor’s plans have been funded by leaving departments exposed to inflation

      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Tax cuts today, impossible spending cuts tomorrow

      Rather than protecting public services, chancellor puts his fiscal harvest towards ‘retail offers’ and passes pain to Labour

      Singer Charlotte Church and protesters demonstrate against austerity and spending cuts in 2015
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy price cap to rise by 5% in January

      Move by energy regulator will see bills rise to £1,928 a year for a typical home

      A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use and a central heating thermostat dial at a home in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK prime property
      The downsizer’s dilemma

      Rising cost pressures on bigger houses and a dearth of suitable smaller properties are making conditions tough

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Ousted OpenAI board member on AI safety concerns

      Former board member spoke to the FT in the weeks before removing OpenAI chief Sam Altman

    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Nissan Motor Co Ltd
      Nissan set to build two new electric models at its Sunderland plant

      Japanese carmaker expected to invest £1bn and allay any uncertainty over future of its UK factory

      Workers on the production line at Nissan’s factory in Sunderland
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt gambles fiscal tailwind on voter-friendly tax cuts

      Chancellor’s decision was a politically-charged move aimed at putting clear ideological water between his party and Labour

      Montage of coat of arms combined with a block chart
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      News in-depthAutumn Statement
      Hunt’s growth reforms will not transform UK prospects, warns watchdog

      OBR says the economy faced serious economic headwinds even after chancellor’s Autumn Statement

      Jeremy Hunt and a bar chart
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      National insurance cuts swamped by stealth tax rise, says fiscal watchdog

      Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s reductions will be more than offset by ongoing freeze on personal allowance thresholds, according to OBR

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Hunt may be lucky but he has not solved the UK growth challenge

      The real problem the chancellor faces is the poor performance of the economy in the long run

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UK energy
      New low-carbon generating schemes exempted from UK windfall tax

      Move is one of several steps taken by the government aimed at boosting investment in clean energy

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt in political ‘gamble’ with no new money for NHS England

      Health leaders have called for urgent cash injection after wave of strikes

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt produces a highly political Autumn Statement

      Also in this newsletter: Altman back at OpenAI, ECB stress warning, tips from bomb disposal expert

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK’s biggest companies excluded from business rates freeze

      Large retail chains that provide ‘lion’s share’ of jobs and investment will bear the brunt, lobby group says

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      A Tory chancellor walks into a bar . . . 

      Hunt has given the Conservatives a story to tell the voters but no one should assume it has a happy ending

      Jeremy Hunt after delivering the Autumn Statement
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal fudge

      Britain’s Autumn Statement is good, bad and ugly all at the same time

      Jeremy Hunt departs Downing Street to deliver his Autumn Statement to UK parliament
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Would Aussie rules boost UK pensions?

      A ‘pot for life’ and other Autumn Statement windfalls will benefit wealthier investors

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK must adopt strategic approach to woo foreign investment, says Harrington report

      Review recommends state-backed plan for boosting FDI similar to US and European governments

      Richard Harrington
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Autumn Statement 2023: What it means for your money

      Announcements made on national insurance, pensions and Isa reform

      Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street to make his autumn statement
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt cuts national insurance but taxes head to postwar high

      Autumn Statement makes ‘full expensing’ permanent in win for business

      Jeremy Hunt delivers his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK sales of EVs forecast to halve due to lower fuel costs and higher interest rates

      OBR expectations suggest car industry will miss government sales targets next year

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      AI and quantum research at centre of science and tech announcements

      Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Town hall pension schemes to be asked to double riskier asset allocations

      Proposal is one of several measures aimed at unlocking billions of pounds to stimulate UK economic growth

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Tories predict tax cuts signal early UK election

      Conservative MPs say move is sign Downing Street is looking towards a poll in May or June

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