The report for the Q4 2021 results, published last week, provides insight into SME perspectives and borrowing behaviour after almost two years of pandemic-related challenges. The report demonstrates that concerns over the lasting impact of the...

More than £1 million in so-called hush money has allegedly been given to City Hall staff under deals requiring them to keep quiet about their departures.

Today, in a joint announcement between the Financial Conduct Authority, the Payments Service Regulator, The Treasury and the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority), an entirely new Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) was introduced.

Disabled people on the highest components of the new benefit and whose needs are highly unlikely to change will be eligible for an “indefinite award”. In effect, this will mean they will not be subject to reviews and can rely on their new benefit...

The number of first-time home buyers reportedly hit a 20-year peak in 2021. But how, one might bewondering, are people managing to buy when house prices continue to hit record highs? In a survey of 2,002 adults carried out in March 2022, it...

Bank of England policymakers have admitted that inflation is likely to be “several percentage points” higher than the 7.25 per cent it had previously forecast. Price growth is already on course to hit eight per cent by June and could top 10...

Ahead of next week's spring statement, Rishi Sunak said that he would 'stand by' people, but warned sanctions against Russia were not 'cost-free.' He is facing calls from some Tory MPs to cut fuel duty to help ease rising costs at the pumps.

More than 50 charities have warned that the consequences of driving through a below-inflation benefit pay rise in April will be “unthinkable” for households already struggling to cover soaring food and energy costs and a rise in national insurance.