Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: The Daily Mail says that over half of the UK population live in households that get more in benefits than they pay in tax - is it ...

MILLIONS of pensioners will be hit with £300 tax bills from HMRC this winter. From November, around nine million pensioners will begin to see up to £300 land in their bank accounts. The cash boost ...

Rachel Reeves will be forced into a Budget “repair job” in November, in which she may raid at least 10 taxes for more than £40bn in order to avoid breaching her fiscal rules, a merchant bank has ...

Clearsprings currently serves around 30,000 asylum seekers in southern England, London, and Wales. About half of those are housed in hotels subcontracted by the company.

Britain’s tech sector is bracing for impact as fears grow that Labour’s upcoming Budget could drive investors out of the country.

The Autumn Budget will present Chancellor Rachel Reeves with an opportunity to level the playing field on how different forms of income are taxed. The ...

Fresh reports have indicated Rachel Reeves is actively considering a raid on Britain’s banking giants, despite close ties with the industry.

Should BBC viewers pay a £10 supplement to watch The Celebrity Traitors? Would adverts during Strictly ruin enjoyment of the samba? The Government is drawing up “radical” options to reform the £174.50 ...

The Conservatives say they would give young people a £5,000 tax rebate in their first job, in a bid to help them buy their first home. In his speech to the party's annual conference, shadow chancellor ...

An accountancy firm has achieved B Corp certification. Blackburn-based PM+M is only the second North West accounting firm to achieve the status, and one of just 25 accountancy firms across the UK.