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The Observer view on abolishing inheritance tax: a handout to the wealthy

If enacted in Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget, the move would provide a windfall for the richest at the expense of less affluent people

The Guardian - UK

Life is good for baby boomers. But Jeremy Hunt plans to make it even better

Over-60s are richer thanks to high interest rates and well-performing pension funds. And the Tory voters among them will look kindly on a chancellor who helps out by cutting inheritance tax

The Guardian - UK

Government will use jogging clubs to get long-term sick back to work

Activities such as singing, cooking or gardening will also be offered in new push to cut benefits

The Independent UK

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Ex-chancellor Norman Lamont says Sunak must ignore calls to ditch inheritance tax

Tory grandee doesn’t ‘buy’ MPs’ argument that tax on inherited wealth is widely hated

The Independent UK

Five charts explaining the UK’s economic prospects in 2024

As we enter an election year, how will the effects of inflation, weak GDP growth, unemployment, tax cuts and rising housing costs sway voters’ intentions?

The Guardian - UK

Struggling children are ‘products of crap parents’, Tory MP claims

Bury North MP James Daly says Labour only ever ‘throw money’ at poor families

The Independent UK

Why UK chancellor should avoid inheritance tax sugar rush in budget

Slashing the headline rate may offer short-term gains, but the responsible route may be better bet for Jeremy Hunt

The Guardian - UK

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Heavy election defeat could lead to Tory lurch to right, analysis shows

With another two-point slip from current polling, about 40% of Tory MPs would come from populist right

The Guardian - UK

British startups should be kept on home soil, says top bank boss, who notes U.S. buyouts are getting all the glory with none of the risk

“We don’t want to be an incubator economy taking all the risk of these very, very tiny companies, and then not able to capitalize on that,” says BBB’s Stephen Welton.

Fortune

May election is ‘worst kept secret in Westminster’, says senior Labour MP

Emily Thornberry says country is desperate, and Labour is ready, for general election

The Guardian - UK

UK economy set to escape 2024 'hard landing' in boost for Sunak

After a brush with recession, consumers are set to spur a rebound

Evening Standard

How a spring UK budget could fire the starting gun for an early election

UK economic prospects are bleak but an agenda-setting fiscal event such as sweeping tax cuts in March offers another roll of the dice

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak ‘considering scrapping inheritance tax’ ahead of general election

Prime minister has reportedly ordered a ‘gear change’ on tax as his party flounders in the polls

The Independent UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces date of UK's next Budget

CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt has announced the UK Government’s Spring Budget will be set out on March 6, in what could be the Tories’ final pitch to…

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The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt fuels election speculation as 6 March spring budget announced

Chancellor has asked the OBR to prepare forecasts for the economy and public finances to be presented to parliament

The Independent UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces date for 2024 spring Budget

Tories expected to seek tax cuts in appeal to voters as they founder 20 points behind Labour in polls

The Independent UK

Tories to promise more help for first-time buyers in bid to turn around polling woes

Plans to help people onto the property ladder could be announced in the March Budget

The Guardian - UK

New York Times accuses ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft of copyright infringement – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as news publisher says AI tools use its content without permission

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Evening Standard

Homes in Jeremy Hunt's constituency hit by Boxing Day water shortage, Thames Water confirms

The Chancellor called the supply issues 'hugely inconvenient'

The Guardian - UK

James Dyson criticises Tories for not ‘going for growth’ after fall in GDP

Inventor defends economic policies of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss that sent economy crashing

The Independent UK

James Dyson accuses Rishi Sunak of not ‘going for growth’ as UK at risk of recession

Billionaire inventor says wealth generation and growth have become ‘dirty words’ in government

The Guardian - UK

From bleak Sunak to bad Santa: the best and worst political Christmas cards

Keir Starmer has his eyes on the prize, Liz Truss looks serene and Boris Johnson lives down to expectations

The Independent UK

Blow for Rishi Sunak as revised GDP figures show economy in reverse

PM promised growth as one of five key pledges – but the ONS figures reveal it is going in reverse

The Guardian - UK

Rail fares in England to rise 4.9%; UK economy on brink of recession; US PCE inflation slows – as it happened

UK GDP fell by 0.1% in July-September, worse than first estimated, raising fears of a recession

The Independent UK

Hunt gives Tory MPs early Christmas present - a hint of tax cuts next year

Chancellor said ministers want to cut the tax burden - still on course to hit a post-war high - “if we are able to”

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