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Students learn about the Treasury in work experience scheme

Students learn about the Treasury in work experience scheme

Friday, 13 August 2021

Students from across the country got a taste of what it is like to work at the centre of government this week when they took part in a work experience...

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Government backed insurance scheme to give boost to events industry

Government backed insurance scheme to give boost to events industry

Friday, 06 August 2021

The live events sector is set to get a boost with a world-leading government-backed insurance scheme worth over £750 million, which will help them pla...

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Treasury Minister commends energy innovations towards Net Zero

Treasury Minister commends energy innovations towards Net Zero

Wednesday, 04 August 2021

A green jobs hub in the Midlands supporting the UK’s efforts to tackle climate change opened its doors to the minister responsible for the Net Zero re...

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Net Zero Treasury Minister visits Humberside green energy cluster

Net Zero Treasury Minister visits Humberside green energy cluster

Tuesday, 03 August 2021

Industry leaders came together this week to showcase how green energy projects in Humber and Teesside in the East Coast Cluster are leading the world ...

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Chancellor marks Help to Grow scheme launch with teach in alongside business owners

Chancellor marks Help to Grow scheme launch with teach in alongside business owners

Monday, 02 August 2021

The Chancellor has called on small and medium business leaders to sign up to a new programme designed to hone their expertise as he attended one of th...

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Vindi Banga appointed as new Chair of UK Government Investments

Vindi Banga appointed as new Chair of UK Government Investments

Monday, 02 August 2021

Vindi Banga has been appointed as Chair of UK Government Investments (UKGI), by John Glen, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury....

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Numbers on furlough fall to lowest level since start of pandemic

Numbers on furlough fall to lowest level since start of pandemic

Thursday, 29 July 2021

Almost three million people have moved off the furlough scheme since March as the economy began to bounce back and businesses reopened, according to n...

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Chancellor in Scotland: Scots getting back into work after furlough

Chancellor in Scotland: Scots getting back into work after furlough

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

The Chancellor today praised the “inspiring” people and businesses of Scotland during a visit to meet those supported by the UK Government’s £352 bill...

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Government announces trading plan to continue sell down of NatWest Group shareholding

Government announces trading plan to continue sell down of NatWest Group shareholding

Thursday, 22 July 2021

The government intends to sell part of its shareholding in NatWest Group plc (formerly the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc) through a trading plan, i...

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Government announces simplified tax reporting for self employed and small businesses

Government announces simplified tax reporting for self employed and small businesses

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Reforms to the tax system that will make it easier for small businesses to fill out their returns have been announced by the government today (20 July...

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New £375 million scheme to drive investment in innovative firms of the future opens for applications

New £375 million scheme to drive investment in innovative firms of the future opens for applications

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

A new £375m scheme to drive investment in the UK’s most high growth, innovative and R&D intensive firms opens today (Tuesday 20 July) – in a move desi...

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Final Covid loans data reveals £80 billion of government support through the pandemic

Final Covid loans data reveals £80 billion of government support through the pandemic

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Businesses were supported through the pandemic with nearly £80 billion of emergency government-backed loans, final figures published by HM Treasury to...

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Government sets out conditions for returning to 0.7% aid target

Government sets out conditions for returning to 0.7% aid target

Sunday, 11 July 2021

The Government has today set out the fiscal circumstances under which the UK will return to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Develop...

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Chancellor welcomes milestone G20 progress on global tax reform

Chancellor welcomes milestone G20 progress on global tax reform

Saturday, 10 July 2021

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak today (10 July) has welcomed milestone progress on international tax reform during two-day meetings of G20 Fin...

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City & Financial Global Women in Finance Summit speech – John Glen MP

City & Financial Global Women in Finance Summit speech – John Glen MP

Thursday, 08 July 2021

Speech by John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to the City & Financial Global Women in Finance Summit...

Plan for Jobs one year on: More than a third of the working population supported through the pandemic

Plan for Jobs one year on: More than a third of the working population supported through the pandemic

Wednesday, 07 July 2021

More than a third of the working population have been supported since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to figures released one year on from t...

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Plan for Jobs one year on: Chancellor visits Wolverhampton as over a million West Midlands jobs protected through the pandemic

Plan for Jobs one year on: Chancellor visits Wolverhampton as over a million West Midlands jobs protected through the pandemic

Wednesday, 07 July 2021

More than a third of the working population and well over a million jobs in the West Midlands have been supported since the coronavirus pandemic began...

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Numbers on furlough halve in three months

Numbers on furlough halve in three months

Thursday, 01 July 2021

More than one million workers came off furlough in the four weeks between the end of April and the end of May alone, which coincided with the start of...

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Mansion House Speech 2021 – Rishi Sunak

Mansion House Speech 2021 – Rishi Sunak

Thursday, 01 July 2021

The Chancellor’s 2021 Mansion House speech, delivered on 1 July 2021. ...

Chancellor sets out how UK financial services can create prosperity at home and project values abroad in first Mansion House speech

Chancellor sets out how UK financial services can create prosperity at home and project values abroad in first Mansion House speech

Thursday, 01 July 2021

Plans to make the UK the world’s most advanced and exciting financial services hub to create prosperity at home and help the UK project its values abr...

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UK and Singapore agree landmark Financial Partnership for financial services

UK and Singapore agree landmark Financial Partnership for financial services

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

An historic new partnership for financial services between the UK and Singapore, which will help to boost jobs and investment in the UK, has been agre...

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Business Rates Revaluations Consultation Launched

Business Rates Revaluations Consultation Launched

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The businesses rates system in England will be made fairer and more streamlined with more frequent property revaluations, under proposals unveiled by ...

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Chancellor backs grassroots football

Chancellor backs grassroots football

Saturday, 26 June 2021

The Chancellor attended a grassroots football facility to see the Government’s multi-million-pound investment in sport in action. ...

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Commemorative coin marking Prince Philip’s ‘life well lived’ revealed for the first time

Commemorative coin marking Prince Philip’s ‘life well lived’ revealed for the first time

Friday, 25 June 2021

A new coin to commemorate the life of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has been unveiled by the Chancellor today....

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Extra £28 billion for the Union since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic

Extra £28 billion for the Union since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have benefitted from £28 billion of UK government funding to the devolved administrations, figures released today...

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Economic Secretary visits Cardiff to launch Wales’ first ever fintech accelerator

Economic Secretary visits Cardiff to launch Wales’ first ever fintech accelerator

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury visited Cardiff today (23 June) to launch Wales’ first ever fintech accelerator, which will deliver a major boo...

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Dr. Catherine L. Mann appointed to the Monetary Policy Committee, and Professor Jonathan Haskel reappointed

Dr. Catherine L. Mann appointed to the Monetary Policy Committee, and Professor Jonathan Haskel reappointed

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced today, 22 June 2021, that he has appointed international economist Dr. Catherine L. Mann as an...

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UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business

UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

UK businesses and communities will have billions of pounds available from today (17 June) as Chancellor Rishi Sunak opens the new UK Infrastructure Ba...

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Reappointment of Prudential Regulation Authority Chief Executive Officer

Reappointment of Prudential Regulation Authority Chief Executive Officer

Monday, 14 June 2021

Sam Woods has been reappointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England with responsibility for Prudential Regulation, and C...

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Government commits to ‘nature positive’ future in response to Dasgupta review

Government commits to ‘nature positive’ future in response to Dasgupta review

Sunday, 13 June 2021

More of the Government’s largest new infrastructure projects must leave nature and biodiversity in an overall better state than before development, it...

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