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Industry bosses have warned of soaring costs and job losses in the wake of Labour’s maiden budget

The main tax rise in Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement was a change to employers’ national insurance contributions.

The chancellor will make the case for free trade as Labour is warned that it must choose between the United States and the European Union

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Farming leaders are urging Labour ministers to rethink plans to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1m

There are nearly 5.5 million businesses in the UK. It may come as a surprise, however, to learn that most of these (about 4.1 million) are not employers. They might be, for example, the sole traders we call to fix our leaky roof or the freelance workers providing support to…

Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholds

Farmers’ union to bring 1,800 members to Westminster in protest, but some say mega-rich landowners are the problem

It could have been better designed, but Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tweak will help farmers with mud on their boots, says farmer Guy Singh-Watson

The housebuilder said it is ‘assessing the impact’ of Labour’s autumn Budget in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised employer taxes.

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