HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reported a significant increase in tax receipts, providing a much-needed boost to the government following criticism over the recent budget. According to leading audit, tax, and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg, total tax receipts have grown by £24 billion over the past year compared to the previous 12 months. Tom Goddard, a Senior Associate ...
Nish Kankiwala, chief executive of the John Lewis Partnership, has accused Chancellor Rachel Reeves of implementing a “two-handed” tax grab on retailers, joining a growing backlash against the recent Budget. Kankiwala stated that John Lewis faces increased employment costs and higher business rates following the Budget, which could hinder the retailer’s turnaround efforts. “That seems to be sort of [a] ...
MARCO ISLAND, FL – – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, says a top mission for GOP governors going forward will be helping President-elect Trump. Kemp highlighted in a Fox News Digital interview that Republican governors spent the past four years ‘pushing back’ on President Biden’s administration. And speaking to the media for the ...
Top Democrats in Vice President Harris’ campaign say their efforts to sway voters simply weren’t enough in the face of a general dissatisfaction with the direction of the country among the electorate. Officials who worked on the campaign offered a post-mortem to the Washington Post on Thursday, saying that former President Trump also took advantage of new media opportunities that ...
As President-elect Donald Trump has aggressively set to work on building his new administration, some have noticed that many of those being selected as his closest advisors are parents with families well above the national average. The current national average for a family in the U.S. is 1.94, which is below the minimum 2.1 required to replace the population. Meanwhile, ...
The brewing controversy over mis-sold car loans has forced Santander UK to set aside £295 million to potentially compensate aggrieved motor finance customers. The bank joins a small but growing list of lenders that have started to make provisions for the growing scandal, which some analysts believe could leave the car loans industry footing a redress bill of as much ...
The price of bitcoin soared to a record high of $94,839, extending a rally that has seen its value surge by nearly 40% since Donald Trump’s re-election victory. The digital currency, worth $7,333 five years ago, has benefited from optimism surrounding a potentially crypto-friendly regulatory environment during Trump’s second term. Once a sceptic of cryptocurrencies, Trump has pledged to transform ...
: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is expected to establish a subcommittee that will work with the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to eliminate government waste, Fox News Digital has learned. A source familiar told Fox News Digital that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., will chair the Delivering on Government ...
— Iran has turned to its commercial sector to conceal its development of ballistic missiles in a move to circumvent international sanctions, turning private companies into fronts for its illicit military dealings. Sources embedded within the Iranian regime and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and who are also affiliated with the Iranian resistance group called the People’s Mojahedin Organization ...
President-elect Trump’s team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection – despite some of the picks raising eyebrows from Republicans and Democrats alike. A Trump transition official confirmed to Fox News that the president-elect is ‘confident that Senate Republicans will hold the line.’ ‘President Trump is confident that Senate Republicans will hold the line and respect the ...