The Treasury is to consult on a range on new measures to crackdown on promoters of tax avoidance schemes as it seeks to boost tax revenue.

The government’s inheritance tax take continues to rise rapidly and is up £800m on last year to £7.6bn, according to latest government data out today.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is today pressing regulators to do more to boost UK growth in the face of disappointing GDP figures.

The firm-facing requirements of the MiFID regulations are to be transferred into FCA Handbook rules next year.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her first Mansion House speech on the evening of Thursday 14 November 2024. This is the full text of the speech exactly as delivered, as supplied by the Treasury.

A TAX expert is braced for a ‘Scrooge’ style Autumn Statement, with little festive cheer despite the imminently arriving Yuletide season.