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Revenue and Customs Office faces MPs’ Backlash

Article about the backlash over MPs’ secret deals with bankers.

Encouraging Signs in Mortgage Lending

The mortgage market displayed “welcome signs of life” in August, although not to the extent of signalling a housing boom.

Around 52,000 home loans were given for house purchases, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), a 7 percent …

Interest Rate Rise Unlikely as Incomes Drop

Base rates are expected to remain at 0.5 percent amidst predictions that people’s spending capacity will fall for the fourth year in a year; the first time to happen since the 1870’s.

Deloitte’s economic advisor Roger Bootle says that an …

High Tax Awaits High Earners

Nearly a million people face soaring rates of tax as the government’s deficit reduction plan continues this spring.

James Brownie of the IFS warns that the number of high earners could continue to grow as a result of the Conservative’s …

£1.5 Billion Banking Fund for Small Businesses Planned

British banks are proposing to create a £1.5 billion fund to for small businesses in the wake of the government criticising a lack bank business lending.

The plan, termed the “business growth fund” will be invested over a number of …

Interest Rates Kept at 0.5%

British interest rates are to be kept at a record low of 0.5% for the 19th month in a row by the Bank of England.

It was widely expected that the rate would be maintained at this level, despite one …