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Spring Budget 2024 date confirmed

Spring Budget 2024 date confirmed

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Spring Budget 2024 will be 6 March....

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UK signs first of its kind financial services agreement with Switzerland

UK signs first of its kind financial services agreement with Switzerland

Thursday, 21 December 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement....

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Interactive tool to tackle domestic economic abuse launched

Interactive tool to tackle domestic economic abuse launched

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

New interactive tool launched today (20 December 2023) to help businesses and charities spot and tackle domestic economic abuse....

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New UK levy to level carbon pricing

New UK levy to level carbon pricing

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

The UK is to implement a new import carbon pricing mechanism by 2027 to support the decarbonisation drive....

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Rachel Kent made Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner

Rachel Kent made Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner

Monday, 18 December 2023

Rachel Kent will succeed Amerdeep Somal as the Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner, serving a five-year term starting on 1 January 2024....

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Appointments to the Board of the UK Infrastructure Bank

Appointments to the Board of the UK Infrastructure Bank

Thursday, 14 December 2023

HM Treasury has confirmed the appointments today...

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Anniversary of Edinburgh Reforms marks further progress

Anniversary of Edinburgh Reforms marks further progress

Friday, 08 December 2023

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami is today announcing further changes to financial services as he marks the anniversary of the Edinburgh ...

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New chief executive at the Government Internal Audit Agency

New chief executive at the Government Internal Audit Agency

Monday, 04 December 2023

Harriet Aldridge has been appointed as chief executive for the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)...

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UK generates billions in climate finance and first CRDC in Africa

UK generates billions in climate finance and first CRDC in Africa

Monday, 04 December 2023

Over £480 million as part of £1.6 billion of climate aid announced by the Prime Minister to help developing countries access climate finance and mobil...

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Record National Insurance cut arrives in less than six weeks

Record National Insurance cut arrives in less than six weeks

Thursday, 30 November 2023

The National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill is being debated in the Commons today (November 11)....

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Boost for UK AI as Microsoft unveils £2.5 billion investment

Boost for UK AI as Microsoft unveils £2.5 billion investment

Thursday, 30 November 2023

The Chancellor has welcomed Microsoft's £2.5 billion investment over the next 3 years to expand its next generation AI datacentre infrastructure....

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Autumn Finance Bill published to cut tax and back business

Autumn Finance Bill published to cut tax and back business

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

The Autumn Finance Bill 2023 has been published to enshrine a raft of landmark tax changes into law....

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Technology Working Group publishes report on fund tokenisation

Technology Working Group publishes report on fund tokenisation

Friday, 24 November 2023

The City Minister’s forum for examining the impact of technology on the UK’s investment management sector publishes its first report. ...

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Autumn Statement 2023 speech

Autumn Statement 2023 speech

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Autumn Statement 2023 speech as delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt....

Chancellor backs business and rewards workers to get Britain growing

Chancellor backs business and rewards workers to get Britain growing

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Tax cuts for working people and British business headlined Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ today, Wednesday 22 November....

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£320 million plan to usher innovation and deliver Mansion House Reforms

£320 million plan to usher innovation and deliver Mansion House Reforms

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

The Chancellor has announced a £320 million plan to drive innovation and unlock the first tranche of investment from his Mansion House Reforms....

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Record wage boost for nearly 3 million workers next year

Record wage boost for nearly 3 million workers next year

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Biggest ever increase to the National Living Wage, worth over £1,800 a year for a full-time worker, fulfils manifesto pledge to end low pay. ...

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Boost for UK’s life sciences sector as West Yorkshire hosts England’s third Investment Zone

Boost for UK’s life sciences sector as West Yorkshire hosts England’s third Investment Zone

Monday, 20 November 2023

The government has today (20 November) launched England’s third Investment Zone in West Yorkshire focussed on Huddersfield, Bradford and Leeds, which ...

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Chancellor to cut admin workloads to free up frontline staff

Chancellor to cut admin workloads to free up frontline staff

Saturday, 18 November 2023

The Chancellor will set out the case for reform across public services to unlock productivity...

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Billions of investment for British manufacturing to boost economic growth

Billions of investment for British manufacturing to boost economic growth

Friday, 17 November 2023

The government has today announced £4.5 billion in funding for British manufacturing to increase investment in eight sectors across the UK. The fundin...

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Employment support launched for over a million people

Employment support launched for over a million people

Thursday, 16 November 2023

New Back to Work Plan to help up to 1,100,000 people with long-term health conditions, disabilities or long-term unemployment to look for and stay in ...

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New appointments to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee

New appointments to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

The two new appointments will take up their roles on 20 November....

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UK leads international crackdown on crypto tax evaders

UK leads international crackdown on crypto tax evaders

Friday, 10 November 2023

The UK has today, 10 November 2023, agreed an historic joint statement with 48 countries to help combat criminals using crypto-assets to evade and avo...

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£15 million announced for flood recovery in Northern Ireland

£15 million announced for flood recovery in Northern Ireland

Wednesday, 08 November 2023

Up to £15 million of reallocated funding made available in Northern Ireland to respond to flooding – supporting affected businesses and aiding clean-u...

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UK drives new international rules to claw back ill gotten gains

UK drives new international rules to claw back ill gotten gains

Friday, 27 October 2023

The landmark change will mean more criminal proceeds are recovered....

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New Non Executive Director appointments to the Board of UK Government Investments

New Non Executive Director appointments to the Board of UK Government Investments

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Andy Halford, Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, and Iain Mackay join the Board of UK Government Investments as Non-Executive Directors....

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in Marrakech for IMF Annual Meetings

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in Marrakech for IMF Annual Meetings

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

The Chancellor will attend key multilateral meetings, as well as hold talks with economic partners from around the world...

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Chief Secretary hosts AI meeting to boost public sector productivity

Chief Secretary hosts AI meeting to boost public sector productivity

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

John Glen spoke to experts in artificial intelligence to discuss the technology’s potential...

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Michèle Dix appointed to the National Infrastructure Commission

Michèle Dix appointed to the National Infrastructure Commission

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has appointed Michèle Dix CBE – a former managing director of Crossrail 2 and director of planning at Transport for London ...

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End to Civil Service expansion and review of equality and diversity spending announced in productivity drive

End to Civil Service expansion and review of equality and diversity spending announced in productivity drive

Monday, 02 October 2023

The Chancellor has today, 2 October 2023, announced an immediate?cap on civil servant headcount across Whitehall to stop any further expansion,?increa...

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