Omicron: Rishi Sunak’s £1 billion business injection likely to need a booster almost immediately – economist: The new and more transmissible omicron variant threatens to be a tsunami for the NHS and the British economy. Reluctantly, the UK government passed new “plan B” COVID restrictions, requiring masks to be worn in shops and public transport, …
Rishi Sunak’s fight to raise taxes to reform social care is nothing compared to financial battles ahead: The UK government’s widely trailed announcement that it will increase national insurance taxes by more than one percentage point to fund reform of the social care system and help fund the NHS has triggered a fierce political debate. …
What’s really behind Rishi Sunak’s decision to move part of the Treasury to Darlington?: The idea of relocating Whitehall departments to the regions has a long but rather mundane history in the UK. Already, more than 80% of civil servants are based outside London – probably higher than most of us assume, given Britain’s highly …
Sunak’s new job support scheme offers warm words but no escape from the coming unemployment chill: Rishi Sunak has announced a new job support scheme designed to help the British economy stave off a coronavirus-induced winter chill. It encompasses a novel short-time work scheme that will give extra support for workers and businesses, after the …
Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy: 'Pssst, wanna buy a house?' SFIO CRACHO One of the big winners in UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer statement is the housing market, where stamp duty has been scrapped for all house purchases under £500,000 until March …