Blog

NewsMovesMarketsForex

Catch the latest Financial News Events

He promised fresh hope and delivered doom, but Dr Death’s budget succeeds in doing no harm | John Crace

Armed with 98 measures, a rictus grin and a decidedly comedy-free speech, the chancellor at least offered us – and Labour – some breathing spaceIt was as if John Healey was taking the Hippocratic oath. First do no harm. For your first budget, this may be no bad thing:...

Budget 2026 live: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards

OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decadeBudget 2026: key points at a glanceMartin Lewis said that, when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that, having removed standing charges from gas bills, he...

‘This isn’t supposed to happen’: giant-slaying Fleetwood revels in fairytale Arsenal win

Fishing town in disbelief the morning after its footballing minnows beat mighty Arsenal on penaltiesOn a wet and windy night on the north-west coast of England, a League Two side sensationally knocked the Premier League champions out of the Carabao Cup. But this is...