Finance

Disabled drivers could be set for a major boost due to a little-known Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) change in Rachel Reeves’ budget.

The United Kingdom is considering a ban on crypto donations to political parties, a move that would directly affect Reform UK and its leader, Nigel Farage, who have leaned into digital assets as part of a pitch for a crypto revolution in Britain, according to Politico.

Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker also called for support for the secondhand market, documents reveal.

Last week, Harbour Energy said it was “disappointed with the outcome” after there was no reform to the windfall tax in the UK budget.

Keir Starmer has been forced into a panicked pledge to try to cut welfare after his "Benefits Street Budget" triggered a fierce backlash and left Rachel Reeves fighting to keep her job.

The support for the PM seems to be directly conflicting with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which stated it informed the Chancellor as early as October 31 that there was no longer a deficit in the public finances.

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics released on Thursday showed an estimated 252,000 Britons left the UK in the year to June 2025

Building societies fear consumers will be deterred from saving if the chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction

Milkshakes and lattes face tax hikes as the government confirmed it is extending the ’sugar tax’.

According to research, the UK could eliminate its dependence on exporting plastic waste by 2030, creating 5,400 new jobs and taking responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste.

It has been announced that luxury cars will no longer be available for Motability recipients, with the government stating that more money will also be directed to British manufacturers under the new changes.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves states the government will make a renewed attempt to revamp the welfare system as she prepares to allocate £3 billion in Wednesday’s Budget to abolish the two-child benefit cap.

The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby.

A firm which operates eight holiday parks in the west of Scotland has gone into administration.

On average, struggling locals are handing over staggering sums to the taxman, according to new data from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.

China has financed investment worth tens of billions of pounds in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which provided it access to military-grade technology.

Croydon Council is owed more than £1.13 million in unpaid parking fines, with some drivers accumulating hundreds of penalty charge notices (PCNs) without paying a penny.