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February 2026
  • Fiscal policy 'needs a rethink', says business group
  • Uncertainty hanging over UK trade prospects
  • Inflation rate falls to 3% in year to January
  • Government urged to scrap 'unfair holiday tax'
  • Vaping businesses urged to prepare for Vaping Products Duty registration
  • HMRC urges young people to claim Child Trust Funds
  • Economy grew by 0.1% in final quarter of 2025
  • Get tax affairs back on track if you missed the self assessment deadline
  • Apprenticeship system reform must go further
  • Sole traders and landlords given MTD warning
  • Further rate cuts crucial to support growth, says BCC
  • EU reset must reverse trade slump, says BCC
  • One million miss self assessment deadline
  • Business confidence jumps in January
  • Making Tax Digital for Income Tax biggest tax change since self assessment
January 2026
  • HMRC confirms helpline will be open on self assessment deadline day
  • UK lenders agree £11 billion SME package
  • Pubs get 15% business rates relief
  • UK inflation will fall in 2026
  • Clock ticking on self assessment deadline
  • Figures reveal significant fall in CGT receipts
  • Tax timebomb poses existential threat to high streets, government warned
  • Inflation rises to 3.4%
  • Government must ramp up its growth strategy, says think tank
  • HMRC app sees 65% rise in self assessment payments
  • Cost hikes denting small business confidence
  • UK economy grew by 0.3% in November
  • Employment Rights Act 'will deliver £10 billion in benefits'
  • Over 4,800 self assessment scams reported
  • Anxiety over business rates hits record high
  • Trading with EU getting harder, firms say
  • HMRC app usage surged in 2025
  • More clouds gathering over business confidence
  • Millions yet to file self assessment returns
  • Spring Statement set for 3 March 2026
  • Public told to be wary of 'spoofing' scams
December 2025
  • Have you made your financial New Year's resolutions?
  • Don't forget to file your self assessment tax return
  • Seasonal workers urged to check their pay
  • IHT reliefs threshold to rise to £2.5 million for farmers and businesses
  • Wages flatline and unemployment rises as jobs market softens
  • Public contract bids disappearing into a black hole, say small firms
  • Interest rates cut to 3.75%
  • UK Treasury to regulate cryptocurrency under new legislation
  • UK inflation falls to 3.2% in November
  • Weaknesses holding UK economy back, CBI warns
  • Budget unlikely to be growth game changer
  • HMRC offers time to help pay self assessment tax bills
  • £725 million package unveiled to support apprenticeships
  • Covid fraud cost UK taxpayers £10.9 billion
  • Most sole traders are not ready for MTD changes
  • Firms reducing headcount at 'fastest pace since pandemic'
  • E-invoicing will be fundamental change for VAT-registered businesses
  • Still time to start self assessment returns, says HMRC
  • Spending cuts and tax rises to serve as headwinds to economy
  • Director confidence 'near record low'
  • MTD penalties waived for first year of Income Tax
November 2025
  • Chancellor 'choosing to spend more and borrow more', says think tank
  • View our 2025 Autumn Budget Report
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - what to expect
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the political reaction
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the business reaction
  • 2025 Autumn Budget - the economic picture
  • UK announces billions more investment in AI
  • VAT reform could raise £80 billion a year, claims ICAEW
  • Bank deposit protection limit to be increased to £120,000
  • AI tools giving risky consumer advice, warns Which?
  • UK inflation rate falls for first time since March
  • Christmas crafters urged to check tax rules
  • Outdated rules could dim UK's creative spirit, warns FSB
  • Chancellor rules out cutting tax-free pension lump sum limit in Budget
  • Budget 'make or break' after sluggish growth figures, says BCC
  • UK jobs market weakens as unemployment rises
  • Employers expect AI to shrink workforce over coming year
  • Think tank urges Chancellor to prioritise prices in Autumn Budget
  • Interest rates held at 4%
  • Urgent action required to help small firms unlock trade benefits
  • Chancellor refuses to rule out raising taxes in Autumn Budget
  • CIOT calls for implementation of IHT transitional gifting rule
  • More small firms expect to shrink than grow
October 2025
  • UK could fall behind in net zero race, BCC warns
  • Expert advisory panel to provide industry insight on R&D tax relief
  • Small business owners 'fear consequences of Budget announcements'
  • Budget should tackle hiring issues, says BCC
  • Give State Pension its own PAYE scheme, says LITRG
  • Real Living Wage rates increase for half a million workers
  • Chancellor announces 'blitz on business bureaucracy'
  • UK inflation rate remains at 3.8%
  • Employers named and shamed for minimum wage breaches
  • Chancellor must avoid 'doing bare minimum' in Budget
  • UK will be second-fastest growing G7 economy, IMF predicts
  • UK economy grew 0.1% in August
  • Unemployment rate rises as job vacancies fall
  • Chancellor should use Budget to reform tax system, IFS says
  • HMRC brings in extra £4.6 billion using 'big data' system
  • Countdown to Vaping Products Duty begins
  • Study finds 'increased openness' to using external finance amongst firms
  • New tax avoidance law risks missing target, warns CIOT
  • HMRC to resume taking tax owed by debtors directly from bank accounts
  • Over 750,000 young people yet to claim savings
  • Budget must give UK business a competitive edge
  • Business confidence falls to new record low
  • Digitally excluded taxpayers urged to consider MTD exemption
September 2025
  • UK losing £2 billion annually as result of 'Tourist Tax'
  • More SMEs 'unlocking AI'
  • Business group says long-term sickness 'blighting' economy
  • Slowdown in living standards 'so large that families today would be £20,000 richer'
  • Chancellor urged to cut National Insurance but hike Income Tax in Autumn Budget
  • AI to boost trade by nearly 40% by 2040 if gaps are bridged
  • Failed housing transactions cost £1.5 billion a year
  • Bank of England leaves interest rate unchanged
  • British household energy debt has tripled in a decade
  • Inflation heaping pressure on firms, warns BCC
  • Covid repayment window opens
  • Chancellor to explore reforms to business rates on second premises
  • 'More must be done' to reform Lifetime ISAs
  • Budget Board must focus on easing the cost of doing business, says IoD
  • Four million calls to HMRC unanswered every year, MPs told
  • Changes to 'sugar tax' could damage business confidence
  • Economic outlook remains subdued
  • Lowering VAT threshold would be manifesto breach, warns IPSE
  • Autumn Budget to be delivered on 26 November
  • Companies face prosecution risk as new fraud law comes into force
  • Business confidence rises but concerns over taxes remain
  • Nearly 5,000 scams reported to FCA in first half of 2025
August 2025
  • Unemployment yet to peak, warns think tank
  • HMRC splits advisory fuel rates for electric cars
  • Support more young people into work, says FSB
  • Over 850,000 self employed to be pulled into first phase of MTD
  • Scams warning as self assessment taxpayers targeted
  • Extend Child Benefit for teenagers by the end of August
  • Inflation rises by more than anticipated
  • Homebuyers warned as HMRC clamps down on Stamp Duty claims
  • Uncertainty over IHT changes affecting property market
  • Office return picks up pace but varies across sectors
  • UK economic growth slows to 0.3%
  • HMRC urges families to save money with Tax-Free Childcare
  • UK labour market continues to weaken
  • Hospitality summer jobs down this year
  • Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4%
  • SME exporters hit by new US customs charges
  • Companies House confirms identity verification rollout to help combat fraud
  • Economic confidence plummets to all-time low
  • Crackdown on late payments launched in plan to back small businesses
  • Time for taxpayers to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
July 2025
  • SMEs missing out on £2.7 billion in National Insurance savings
  • HMRC launches online PAYE service
  • CGT revenue falls by 18%
  • IFS calls for 'decisive action' to future-proof pension system
  • IHT to be charged on unused pension pots from 2027
  • Government urged to 'harness optimism to grow economy'
  • Government publishes Finance Bill supporting documents
  • Pensioners 'set to be worse off', warns DWP
  • International companies 'underpaid £8.8 billion in tax'
  • More small firms expect to shrink than grow
  • Recruitment static as firms assess NICs impact
  • Inflation rate jumps to 3.6%
  • UK trade stabilises after tariff hit
  • HMRC warns of Winter Fuel Payment scams
  • UK economy shrank in May
  • Harsh personal guarantees will chill growth ambitions, warns FSB
  • HMRC to fine crypto investors £300 for non-disclosure
  • IHT on pensions most unpopular of Labour's tax increases
  • HMRC criminal tax offence plan risks going too far, warns CIOT
  • Pension reforms risk higher prices, fewer jobs and slower growth, FSB warns
  • Business confidence rises in June
  • More than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in past year
  • Individuals paying into Lifetime ISA 'could get less out than put in'
June 2025
  • High earners facing rise in tax investigations by HMRC
  • Windsor Framework starting to fracture the UK Internal Market, warns FSB
  • HMRC sends side hustle warning
  • Brits 'spending more disposable income than a year ago'
  • UK government launches Industrial Strategy
  • Tax gap estimated at 5.3%
  • Bank of England holds interest rates at 4.25%
  • Third of businesses planning job cuts due to NI rise
  • UK inflation slows to 3.4% in May
  • HMRC system attack is a timely reminder to keep personal data safe
  • Global economy set for weakest run since 2008, warns World Bank
  • Economists warn tax hikes likely in the autumn
  • UK economy shrunk in April
  • Spending review is opportunity to back small business
  • FCA in international crackdown on unlawful finfluencers
  • Energy costs 'an anchor on our ambition', warns CBI chief
  • Government introduces Pension Schemes Bill
  • Cost of minimum retirement lifestyle has fallen amid lower energy prices
  • Recovery in business confidence underway
  • IFS outlines 'four big decisions' for Spending Review
  • HMRC names and shames employers failing to pay NLW
May 2025
  • Chancellor outlines pension 'megafunds' plans
  • New report outlines path to cut firms' net zero costs
  • IMF updates growth forecast for UK economy
  • Household Support Fund 'needs reforming'
  • Higher borrowing figures 'increase prospect of tax rises'
  • Chancellor confirms ISA allowance won't be cut
  • Household bills drive inflation increase
  • Almost half of sole traders unprepared for MTD changes
  • One in ten people have no cash savings
  • Parents of teens reminded to extend Child Benefit claim online
  • UK economy grows 0.7% in first quarter
  • Entrepreneurs considering selling businesses due to tax changes
  • One in four employers plan to make redundancies in next quarter
  • Record numbers file assessment in first week of new tax year
  • Interest rates cut to 4.25%
  • HMRC criticised for delays in processing tax refunds
  • Business confidence rises to highest level since late 2024
  • Government warned over 'lost generation'
  • HMRC launches new online help for compliance checks
  • New cryptoasset rules aim to protect consumers
April 2025
  • Lack of trust and board expertise putting brakes on AI adoption
  • Chancellor unveils plans to maintain level playing field for British business
  • IHT receipts reach record £8.2 billion
  • Government taking right approach to tariff negotiations
  • Sole traders and landlords get Making Tax Digital warning
  • Tax red tape costs small businesses nearly £25 billion a year
  • More parents financing children's house deposits
  • Business confidence falls to two-year low
  • Inflation falls as result of lower petrol prices
  • Companies House begins to verify identities
  • Spending Review 'could brighten living standards outlook'
  • Business group welcomes launch of Code of Practice
  • Price rises 'most likely response' to US tariffs
  • Pension reforms needed to help people through retirement
  • Government calls time on red tape for pubs, clubs, and restaurants
  • UK firms show 'resilience' as exports grow in January
  • Confidence amongst business leaders 'remains low'
  • Loan charge review calls for evidence
  • Minimum wage rose on 1 April
  • Campaigners call for tougher action on fraud
March 2025
  • Employment reforms continue to stifle businesses' hiring intentions
  • Government 'wrong to balance books on backs of low-income families'
  • Chancellor used Spring Statement to 'fine-tune' spending plans
  • No further tax increases in Spring Statement
  • 2025 Spring Statement - the political reaction
  • 2025 Spring Statement - the business reaction
  • 2025 Spring Statement - the economic picture
  • 2025 Spring Statement - what to expect
  • Finance Act 2025 receives Royal Assent
  • Act now to boost your state pension, warn tax experts
  • Bank walking 'tightrope' in the face of global uncertainty
  • Chancellor should consider tax rises in the Spring Statement
  • OECD cuts UK growth forecasts
  • Chancellor unveils plan to cut red tape
  • Regulator poised to act on card payment fees
  • UK economy shrank in January
  • Government must tackle 'archaic' infrastructure
  • Side hustle trading threshold raised to £3,000 per year
  • Concerns over costs mount for business leaders
  • 25,000 first-time buyers set to miss Stamp Duty deadline
  • Chancellor has set herself a 'fiscal trap' ahead of Spring Statement
  • Employment Rights amendments do little to address employer concerns
  • Private sector activity expected to fall
  • HMRC 'softens' deadline for National Insurance top-ups
  • Workers 'put in £31 billion of unpaid overtime' in 2024
February 2025
  • Changes in family spending 'crucial to decarbonisation'
  • Gender pay gap 'stubbornly high'
  • Businesses warn of National Insurance 'powder keg'
  • Entrepreneurs call for better access to financial products
  • Tax receipts rise at slower than expected pace
  • Fewer small firms looking to hire, FSB finds
  • HMRC cuts late and repayment interest rates
  • Higher-than-expected inflation underlines business challenges
  • Business confidence hits post-Covid low
  • Government consults on mandatory e-invoicing
  • Small firms call for £3,000 apprentices incentive
  • UK economy grows at end of 2024
  • Business group urges government to help firms grow
  • Business tax compliance costs £15 billion a year
  • Firms face increasing cyber security risk, warns BCC
  • Rate cut brings 'measure of relief' to business
  • £35 million added to State Pension pots
  • Firms call for reduction in tax burden on business
  • 11.5 million file self assessment by 31 January deadline
  • British household wealth increases to £13.6 trillion

20 Feb 2026

Fiscal policy 'needs a rethink', says business group

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned the government that the UK's current fiscal policy 'needs a rethink'.

19 Feb 2026

Uncertainty hanging over UK trade prospects

UK import and export trade prospects remain uncertain, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

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