The boss of Tesco has urged John Healey to reform the “fundamentally unfair” business rates system and avoid a so-called warehouse tax. Ken Murphy, chief executive of the UK’s biggest grocer, has become the latest retail industry figure to urge the Chancellor to cut taxes on high street businesses…
An estimated £1.5 billion could be raised as a result of the changes, a think tank has said, with the government urged to ‘shift some of the tax burden from bricks to clicks’
The Independent has seen a cross party letter from 40 MPs, including a number of Labour MPs, arguing that the tax is fair and closes a loophole
One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged John Healey to slash stamp duty on newly built homes, in a move which it says would hand the Treasury a £4.2bn windfall. In its Budget submission, London-listed Berkeley Group told the Chancellor that urgent action was needed to prevent the housing…
Gov. Maura Healey she announced increased home heating assistance for tens of thousands of Bay Staters as oil costs rise. Bay Staters pay some of the highest energy prices in the country and Healey is facing pressure to address that during her reelection campaign.
Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has issued John Healey a major warning over any increase to the level of taxes paid by UK banks ahead of the forthcoming Budget. The top Tory MP, who has sat on the back benches since Labour came to power in 2024, said Healey must ignore the “siren voices” calling for…
Chancellor John Healey’s fiscal headroom could be entirely wiped out by the impact of the war in Iran as economists said the Office for Budget Responsibility could offer a more pessimistic view on the UK economy. A central fiscal forecast by analysts at EY suggests that the Chancellor’s buffer…
Gov. Healey is asking the Trump administration to expedite its review of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project in New England.
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