Boxing Day promotions in the UK are regaining momentum and are expected to generate £3.8 billion in sales for retailers; Uber and Lyft have announced plans to pilot Chinese autonomous taxis in the UK in 2026; UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced the date of the Spring Budget.

HMRC is seeking to recover taxes from 14,000 households amid a dispute over the “seven-year gift rule”; fares across the London Underground network are set to increase by 5.8% in 2026; and the UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in October.

Conservatives pledge £5,000 tax rebate for young home buyers; The EU’s new border rolls out, will replace passport stamping at border control; Brits opt for mobile phone payments as cash usage declines.

Reeves considering new property tax on houses worth more than £500,000; Rail fares in England on path to rise by 5.8% next year on back of inflation data; Record 111,000 UK asylum applications in past year

State pension alert: DWP called to raise payments to £586 a week and slash retirement age to 60; Online fashion retailer Shein’s UK sales leap by a third to more than £2bn; UK Cuts Dividend Tax Allowance Twice: 3.6 Million Investors Now Face Tax

Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit; HMRC could claw back VAT from private school advance fee schemes; Interest rate cut to lowest level in more than two years

The UK Chancellor is considering ending the pension 'triple lock' system and introducing charges for NHS treatments; over 24 local councils are pushing for a four-day workweek, with South Cambridgeshire District leading the way by making it permanent; UK MPs jointly call for the introduction of a 'wealth tax'.

Rachel Reeves has announced the ‘biggest financial regulation reforms in a decade; 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in next general election; UK unemployment rises and wage growth slows as jobs market ‘weakens’

UK's pension triple lock to cost three times more; Donald Trump announces 30% tariff on imports from EU; HMRC confirms new income tax change starts next April

HMRC's urgent warning to seven million UK households over tax rates; U-turn in UK Welfare Reform: Planned Fiscal Savings May Evaporate; The EU is considering imposing high tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

HMRC to reduce taxpayer letters in £50m cost-cutting plan; UK considers taxing pensioners to claw back winter fuel payment; Energy bills could be cut by up to 25% for thousands of UK businesses.

Millions of people will receive a £150 energy bill discount; the Chancellor is considering easing inheritance tax reforms to curb capital outflows; the Bank of England keeps the base interest rate at 4.25%.

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in April, with further tax hikes and spending cuts likely; council tax is expected to increase by 5% annually; the UK unemployment rate has risen to its highest level in four years.

100,000 HMRC accounts hit as scammers steal £47m in phishing attack; Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year; First-time buyers typically borrowing for 31 years

Prime Minister says government 'will look at' scrapping two-child benefits limit; Labour plots ‘family bathtime tax’ on water bills; Reeves outlines plan for £25bn pension 'megafunds'.