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COMMENT: Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her announcement of a third Heathrow runway and a ‘Silicon Valley’ from Oxford to Cambridge felt suspiciously like someone in a hurry to correct her own mistakes,…

The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a bid to boost the economy.

“VICTORY for John Swinney”. That was how the Daily Record’s political editor characterised the news that the LibDems would be backing his…

Deals agreed with the two parties to ease the path of the Budget will cost the Scottish Government £16.7 million.

Halfords now expects annual profits of between £32 million and £37 million, compared with the analyst consensus for £28.3 million.

The chancellor is to amend some of the changes to tax rules for non-domiciled individuals announced in October’s Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she wanted the tax burden to come down but that would depend on the economy and public finances improving.

Chancellor adopted one of Margaret Thatcher’s famous phrases to argue that ‘there is no alternative’

The pub and bar group revealed it is set for annual profits to be knocked by £4 million from the Government’s recent Budget measures.

It came as the hospitality giant revealed stronger sales for the half-year so far despite selling off more venues.

The pub chain will face an extra £60m in labour costs bill from April