Rishi Sunak
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UK house price growth picked up unexpectedly in February
- Economy
- March 2, 2021, 08:11
British house price growth picked up unexpectedly last month, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday, defying expectations of a slowdown as financ(...)

Ireland and UK in joint bid to host 2030 Fifa World Cup
- Soccer
- March 1, 2021, 23:09
Ireland and the UK are to make a joint bid to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup, a Government spokesman has confirmed. In a joint statement, the five foot(...)

Sunak plans corporate tax rise to bolster UK public finances
- Economy
- February 25, 2021, 10:22
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak will use the election of Joe Biden as partial cover for a big budget increase in corporation tax rates, arguing that the US (...)

UK jobless rate hits 5.1% as Sunak readies more job support
- Economy
- February 23, 2021, 08:33
Britain’s jobless rate rose to 5.1 per cent in the last three months of 2020, its highest in nearly five years but still lower than it would have been(...)

Johnson to focus on ‘data, not dates’ for ending restrictions
- UK
- February 17, 2021, 22:30
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has promised to focus on “data, not dates” next week when he announces his plan to unwind coronavirus restrictions ove(...)

UK economy suffers record 9.9% slump in 2020
- Economy
- February 12, 2021, 07:44
Britain’s coronavirus-ravaged economy shrank 9.9 per cent in 2020, the biggest annual fall in output since modern records began, but avoided heading b(...)

Tesco leads calls for online sales tax on digital retailers
- Retail & Services
- February 8, 2021, 08:34
Tesco is leading calls for an online sales tax to be imposed on digital retailers such as Amazon, as UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak weighs(...)

Unpaid rent at pandemic-hit businesses in Britain reaches £4bn
- Commercial Property
- February 2, 2021, 12:45
British businesses ravaged by the pandemic skipped more than £4 billion in rent last year. With the bill coming due, a battle over sharing the pain is(...)

UK labour market shows resilience in face of Covid-19
- Economy
- January 26, 2021, 08:43
The UK labour market proved more resilient than expected in the three months to November as an extension of government aid helped protect jobs amid a (...)

Saving cinemas from the abyss may mean helping multiplexes too
- Media & Marketing
- January 19, 2021, 05:42
Christopher Nolan is a busy man. Among other acts of advocacy for his industry, the influential British-born film director has been putting his name t(...)