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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    North Sea operators warn of reduced investment and output

    Oil and gas producers react with dismay to Sunak’s ‘multiyear’ windfall tax

    2 hours ago
  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    North Sea oil and gas producers hit back at Sunak’s £5bn windfall tax

    Dismayed sector warns ‘multiyear’ assault on profits will ‘drive away investors’ and cut production

    2 hours ago
  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    News in-depthCost of living crisis
    Sunak statement helps reduce inflation but risks higher rate rises

    Chancellor’s actions deliver hot inflationary potato straight into the lap of the Bank of England.

    3 hours ago
  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Q&ACost of living crisis
    How will new help measures for UK energy bills work?

    The government has announced a £15bn package to help with the cost of living crisis

    3 hours ago
  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Cost of living crisis: Sunak engages in ‘serious redistribution’ to help UK’s poorest

    Measures in chancellor’s £15bn package will offer ‘life raft’ to millions struggling to cope with soaring prices

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    Sunak’s windfall tax comes with added complexity

    Simpler, more direct support to households matched by addition to taxes on oil and gas companies

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Chris Giles
    Britain isn’t working. That should concern us all

    The UK has the most persistent post-pandemic drop in employment of any G7 country

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Race at work: how hard are companies really trying?

    Dismantling systemic racism is a huge task, but many employees think organisations are failing to take it seriously

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Serco Group PLC
    Immigration work helps Serco overcome end of UK Covid contracts

    Shares jump as revenues and profits upgraded above previous forecasts

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Kitty Ussher
    Tackling the root cause of energy bills could help us all on inflation

    By ramping up the Warm Home Discount scheme, Rishi Sunak could help vulnerable households and change the narrative

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Sunak to unveil emergency aid over soaring household energy bills

    Chancellor’s measures expected to top £10bn and will target the most vulnerable

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Disrupted Times
    UK economic outlook worsens as income inequality rises

    EU banking system remains ‘resilient’, Pfizer chief warns of Covid complacency, Biden to issue US policing reform

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    How Covid wrecked UK railway finances and sparked strike threat

    Move to hybrid working contributes to £2bn funding gap but ministers claim there is ‘enormous scope’ for cuts

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    De La Rue PLC
    De La Rue shares fall after banknote maker issues profit warning over rising costs

    M&S and Purplebricks among other UK companies under pressure from inflation and economic uncertainty

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Inside Politics
    ‘Wine-time Fridays’ in Whitehall expose the clannish culture coming from the top

    Spotlight falls on why junior officials kept silent during Partygate, and the lack of support for whistleblowing

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    News in-depthUK energy
    UK energy suppliers braced for backlash as bills set to soar again

    Providers that generate and supply power could be hit by windfall tax even as smaller rivals struggle

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK Inequality
    UK inequality worsens as wages rise fastest for high earners

    Soaring inflation is also hitting people on the lowest incomes harder than others

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail workers vote in favour of nationwide strike

    RMT union action over jobs and pay backed by 89% of members who voted

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Shares in UK energy groups tumble as Treasury plans windfall tax

    Rishi Sunak rushes to draw up emergency package to help offset spiralling domestic fuel bills

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK inward investment
    Qatar pledges to invest £10bn in UK over next five years

    Technology, healthcare, infrastructure and clean energy will be part of drive to woo Gulf states

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    ExplainerEnergy crisis
    What are Rishi Sunak’s options for tackling the UK energy price crisis?

    Chancellor puts finishing touches to mini-Budget worth billions to help struggling households

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Shares in UK power companies slide over fears of windfall tax

    Pressure mounts on ministers to act as UK regulator warns annual household energy bills likely to hit £2,800 this winter

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    LexUK energy
    UK energy: tilting at windfalls puts investment at risk Premium content

    Windfall taxes would make government’s net-zero ambitions even harder to achieve

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Growth in UK business activity falls to 15-month low

    Jump in input prices index to new record suggests inflation has further to rise, analysts say

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Shaftesbury PLC
    Landlord Shaftesbury warns of inflation threat to central London recovery

    West End property group cites ‘complex range of operational challenges’ facing its tenants

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