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Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new lawThe government is to ditch its flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill, removing the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the...
Energy minister says UK must ‘do whatever it takes’ to avoid gas supply crisis
Official advisers urge government to address situation that could mean homes and businesses going without on coldest daysBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK energy minister has said the country must “do whatever it takes” to avoid a gas supply crisis after advisers...
Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich ex-non-doms
Former non-doms will now benefit from a cap on the inheritance tax paid by their offshore trustsA tax break for rich former non-doms that slashes their potential inheritance tax bills was included in the small print of the budget.The benefit relates to how much tax...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decisionStructural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected power” are reshaping British politics, according to a stark report from the...