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...The structure of the new regime, announced in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget last week, is a clear improvement. But there is scope for reasonable disagreement about exact details....
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Some of the UK chancellor’s measures are very welcome — but much more needs to be done
...The group is also set to refinance a £500mn loan by February 2026, “or face a significant step up in rate,” according to Alexander Paterson, an analyst with Peel Hunt....
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...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has repeatedly invoked the prospect of cuts as he seeks a feelgood factor in the economy ahead of the general election expected this year....
...“We should be thinking much more about the system,” says Helen Miller of the Institute for Fiscal Studies....
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...But a pensions bill to push forward the Mansion House reforms was “noticeably absent” from the King’s Speech, said Helen Morrissey, head of retirement analysis at Hargreaves Lansdown, the investment managers...
...Since 2019-20, the number of working-age adults receiving means-tested incapacity benefits, because they are assessed as unable to work or job-hunt, has risen by 700,000 to 3.2mn....
...Helen Miller, a tax expert at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: “They have ruled out some easy options for raising revenue — after all income tax and NICs are the biggest two taxes, and if you want...
...One of these board members was Helen Toner....
...This article has been amended to make clear that a UK ‘target pension’ system was set up after Royal Mail privatisation, not before helen.thomas@ft.com Letter in response to this comment: Hunt’s pensions...
...Moreover, Jeremy Hunt’s “big idea” — boosting pensions by “over £1,000 a year” by getting all defined contribution pension savers to put 5 per cent into private equity — is pure snake oil....
An exhibition in London reveals the painstaking process of tracking down the artist’s whimsical textiles featuring his trademark repeat images that would later define him
...The Wellingborough contest has been given additional interest by the decision of local Conservatives to choose Bone’s partner, Tory councillor Helen Harrison, as their candidate....
...“The corporate tax base has changed almost every year since 2010,” said Helen Miller, IFS deputy director. “On the back of all that, a temporary policy is particularly problematic . . ....
...On Sunday, the Tories selected Helen Harrison, the partner of disgraced ex-Wellingborough MP Peter Bone, to fight that seat in a by-election. Harrison is a local Conservative councillor....
...The concert, which features mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, harpist Anne Denholm and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, is largely focused on the subtleties of timbre, with the aim of creating something akin to...
...Another chapter of intrigue followed when the constituency Tory party selected Helen Harrison as its replacement candidate. The 51-year-old local councillor is Bone’s girlfriend....
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