Economy

AUTUMN BUDGET: Still ducking the housing question

The Chancellor set out to fix an economy that is not working well enough...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… NOT

After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Affordability remains the key to activity

After all the speculation, this Budget offered little for the housing market. No stamp duty...

AUTUMN BUDGET: BoE rate cuts on the way?

Following the Chancellor's Budget today, speculation is inevitably turning to the Bank of England...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Treasury summary

This is the executive summary from the Treasury's full Budget document. This Budget takes the...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Landlord gloom as Budget raises income tax on property profits

Landlords are set to see an increase in their tax bills following the Chancellor’s...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Salary sacrifice cap to be introduced

Rachel Reeves has announced plans to change salary sacrifice arrangements for pension contributions. The chancellor...

AUTUMN BUDGET: OBR downgrades 2026-2029 growth forecasts

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised down its growth forecasts for UK...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Cash ISA allowance cut

Rachel Reeves has confirmed changes to the annual ISA allowance. In today's Autumn Budget, the...

AUTUMN BUDGET: OBR leak lays bare full scale of Reeves’s tax plans

The Autumn Budget was thrown into turmoil after the Office for Budget Responsibility mistakenly...

Aldermore calls for stamp duty holiday and revival of Help to Build

Aldermore has called for an 18-month Stamp Duty holiday for buyers of new homes...

Word On The Street secures £5.6m GB Bank buy-to-let refinance

Word On The Street has arranged a £5.6m buy-to-let refinance with GB Bank for...

Right Mortgage Network launches Business Leaders Risk Forum

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its first Business Leaders Risk Forum,...

Allica boosts SME mortgage appetite and launches cashback offer

Allica Bank has refreshed its owner-occupier mortgage appetite as it looks to help established...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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