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...Scholar was removed as Treasury permanent secretary as one of the first actions of former prime minister Liz Truss’s government in September last year....
...That amounts to just 74.4 Truss prime ministerships. This is how my colleagues characterised her tenure: “Imagine a bunch of people are stuck in a warm, stuffy room together....
...The use of freeports to store valuable art — which shield it from taxation — has also come under particular scrutiny....
...STDC chair and Tees Valley mayor Houchen had at one point hoped to buy the port in order to incorporate it into the Teesside freeport....
...She writes: “I’m sure you hear that from every small company, but how are we supposed to make money and survive????” Indeed....
...As chancellor, Rishi Sunak had pursued a programme of low-tax “freeports” to help “level up” left-behind areas and narrow regional inequalities, and these had similarities to Truss’s investment zones....
...Liz Truss has declared that cutting taxes for the wealthy and profitable companies is not “unfair”, signalling a radical shift in economic policy ahead of a growth-focused mini-Budget on Friday....
...“Companies are reluctant to invest in today’s world.”...
...UK companies’ share prices have taken a hammering, leaving them vulnerable to takeovers thanks to the so-called “Brexit discount”....
...Companies that invest will be able to offset 100 per cent of spending on new plant and machinery in the first year....
...Politicians in the UK are calling for better pension scheme safeguards after former prime minister Liz Truss’s “mini” Budget last year....
...I tested this assertion on three UK industry chief executives from global companies and all concurred....
...Combining “levelling up” funds into a single pot is being examined as part of plans to create up to 40 “investment zones” across the UK that would woo companies by offering low business taxes and light-touch...
...Companies reported that they were still hiring but at the slowest pace for 20 months....
...The company has joined a bid for a freeport in Holyhead, which would abolish many customs controls and simplify trade on these indirect routes to Northern Ireland....
...For that reason, analysts reckon the company could continue for longer with big cash returns....
...In a cruel way it is amusing that the recent LDI shambles rebounded so badly on now ex-prime minister Liz Truss and then-chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng....
...Liz Truss has left UK households and investors in the dark after reversing on energy price aid plan....
...Liz Truss, the new prime minister, is said to be considering relaxing a controversial clause that would make platforms responsible for removing content that was “legal but harmful”, such as bullying....
...US natural-gas prices slid 6.4 per cent when the Freeport accident first happened June 8....
...His warnings come after Liz Truss, the UK prime minister, said earlier this month that she would press ahead with the legislation under her new government, with “some tweaks” to refocus the bill on child...
...Kim Kardashian is launching a private equity firm to acquire stakes in fast-growing media and consumer companies....
...The imminent rise will put pressure on Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to be specific in the help they propose for households....
...Liz Truss will travel to the palace to resign, confirming her status as the shortest-serving British prime minister....
...On one side, Liz Truss has unveiled plans for an emergency tax-cutting budget. On the other, Rishi Sunak has refused to match proposed tax cuts and warned that reductions could fuel inflation....
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