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Average asking price for UK home drops by £5,000 in…
The average asking price for a UK home has dropped by more than £5,000 this month as the autumn budget caused housing market jitters before the usual Christmas
Government could force pension funds to invest more in UK…
Emma Reynolds, UK pensions minister, has left the door open to forcing pension schemes to invest more in British assets if reforms fail to drive savings into do
The yawning investability gap between US banks and UK peers
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Optimists express confidence that t
UK minister promises to force companies to end subscription traps
Companies are to be forced to make it “simple and straightforward” for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions or get their money back under new rules to
Don’t waver on electric car targets, big UK businesses tell…
Big UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets as struggling carmakers pile pressure o
Electric vehicle targets ‘will not be weakened’ despite pressure
According to the mandate, EVs must make up 22% of a firm's car sales and 10% of their van sales this year. For every car sale that pushes it outside of that man
UK government considers ‘flexibilities’ to help carmakers hit EV targets
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK transport secretary Louise Haigh
Brexit reset needs to move UK as close as possible…
Sir Keir Starmer faces a clash with businesses, MPs and peers over a push for closer alignment with EU rules to boost the UK’s economy.The British Chambers of
We must stop UK territories laundering money, say politicians
The UK’s offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop “dirty money” by publishing registers of corporate ownership, leading political camp
‘I feel sick about signing that phone contract’
Mr Toplass, from Nottingham, claimed he was not told important facts about the contract he signed in February 2023.He said he thought he was signing a two-year
‘They don’t understand business’: corporate Britain cools on Labour
When she arrived in the City of London to give her Mansion House speech, chancellor Rachel Reeves was on a rescue mission. Labour’s relations with business, c
