A smaller increase remains possible, the Financial Times said, citing four sources. Capital gains tax is charged at 18 per cent for basic-rate taxpayers and 24 per cent for higher-rate taxpayers, and raised £24 billion in 2025/26.
Sixty-eight per cent of chief financial officers now rate cost reduction as a strong priority, up from 53 per cent. They expect inflation of 3.4 per cent in a year and Bank Rate at 4.0 per cent, and more of them describe credit as costly than at any point in two and a half years.
The Ukrainian president meets the Prime Minister in London on Wednesday. Britain says it does not support the new US and Russia diesel deal, and Burnham has announced surface-to-air missiles to counter jet-powered drones, with £10 million fast-tracked.
A man and a woman, both in their 60s, were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries after a car collided with the front of the Marks and Spencer store at Silverlink Retail Park in Wallsend. The driver, a woman in her 70s, stayed at the scene.
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The Ukrainian president meets the Prime Minister in London on Wednesday. Britain says it does not support the new US and Russia diesel deal, and Burnham has announced surface-to-air missiles to counter jet-powered drones, with £10 million fast-tracked.
A smaller increase remains possible, the Financial Times said, citing four sources. Capital gains tax is charged at 18 per cent for basic-rate taxpayers and 24 per cent for higher-rate taxpayers, and raised £24 billion in 2025/26.
A man and a woman, both in their 60s, were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries after a car collided with the front of the Marks and Spencer store at Silverlink Retail Park in Wallsend. The driver, a woman in her 70s, stayed at the scene.
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