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Industry lobby group draws up 20-point plan to stop London ‘drifting into irrelevance’Nils Pratley: London’s stock exchange needs a shot in the arm from the TreasuryThe London stock market risks “drifting into irrelevance” without government and regula…
A marketing campaign is all very well but if the LSE’s fortunes are to turn, the real oomph needs to come from the chancellorLooser bonus rules and tax breaks needed to save London stock market, says CBI A marketing campaign to promote the joys of inve…
Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatilityBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s public finances are in a “relatively vulnerable position”, with pensions costs, climate change and volatile …
Exclusive: Chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turnRachel Reeves has said it is impossible for her to rule out tax rises in the autumn budget and insisted she never thought about quitting despite…
Charlie Bean says slim margin of £10bn means chancellor ‘has to neurotically fine-tune taxes to control OBR forecast’Business live – latest updatesThe former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has urged Rachel Reeves to create much wider head…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereMy colleague Lauren Almeida, who is running the Guardian’s business live blog, has shared the following:Rachel Reeves has not given herself enough fiscal headroom to manage public finances, C…
While the chancellor may have lost credibility among restive MPs, market moves suggest investors support herWhere does the climbdown leave the public finances?It was Bill Clinton’s political adviser James Carville, way back in the 1990s, who said that …
Chancellor unexpectedly joins NHS plan launch and tells media her upset was caused by a personal issueUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves says she is “cracking on with the job” of chancellor after her visible distress in the Commons and a su…
Such a move would discourage investment and lead to further increases in prices, says chief executive Alex BaldockThe boss of Currys, the UK’s biggest electrical goods retailer, has urged the government not to increases taxes on retailers this year, sa…
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban groupStreeting says he has to go to the Commons to make a statement to MPs.But first he introduces Rachel Reeves, saying that she has put an extra £29bn into the NHS.It is thanks…