Rishi Sunak’s VERY expensive tastes: Chancellor poses for mini-Budget preparation photograph with £180 ‘smart’ mug which keeps your tea at the same temperature for three hours Rishi Sunak posed for pictures in Treasury this afternoon ahead of mini-Budget Traditional photos had a modern twist as Chancellor showed off his ‘smart’ mug Chancellor has a Ember … Read more
Britain’s struggling housing market could be given a much-needed shot in the arm with a six-month stamp duty holiday. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans for a temporary exemption for homes at the lower end of the market in the Budget in the autumn. Treasury officials are looking at raising the threshold at which … Read more
A think tank has urged the Chancellor to give every adult in the UK a £500 shopping voucher in a bid to boost struggling high streets. The Resolution Foundation has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to hand out vouchers totalling some £30 billion to get high streets back on their feet in the wake of … Read more
Why help everyone but leave out the self-employed who’ve paid lots of tax? SIMON LAMBERT on the hole in Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus rescue By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:21 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 08:23 BST, 2 July 2020 Rishi Sunak proved dauntless in his coronavirus rescue package but for the self-employed there … Read more
Rishi Sunak plans VAT cut to kickstart the economy amid coronavirus carnage with PM set to unveil ‘one metre plus’ rule from Tuesday to save a swathe of businesses The UK is facing the worst recession in 300 year due to coronavirus lockdown Rishi Sunak is expected to cut VAT to help the economy recover … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to consider a four-day working week as part of efforts to overhaul the economy after the coronavirus pandemic. A letter signed by MPs including former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Guardian columnist Owen Jones, argues for reducing working hours so that ‘work is shared … Read more
‘It cuts to your core’: Rishi Sunak reveals ‘upsetting’ racist abuse he suffered as a child as he says ‘very tolerant’ Britain of today still has ‘more to do’ after Black Lives Matter protests Chancellor Rishi Sunak has shared his experiences of racism while growing up Mr Sunak opened up on how racist abuse ‘stings … Read more
Ministers are ‘urgently’ looking at whether the two metre social distancing rules can be relaxed to boost shops and allow more pubs and restaurants to reopen, Rishi Sunak said today. In a clear sign he would like the rule eased the Chancellor admitted he could see the ‘positive impact’ of reducing it to 1.5metres or … Read more
The Government has to let the country get moving again. The damage piles up every day that the lockdown continues – damage in personal as well as economic and financial terms. No one wants a return of the virus, which is now receding fast, so a step-by-step response makes sense. But the dithering, uncertain way … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus splits deepened today as Nicola Sturgeon dismissed calls to ease the two-metre social distancing rule. The Scottish First Minister said scientific advice was that the limit should stay for now, warning that the places where reducing it might help business could also be the riskiest for fuelling the outbreak. The stance came … Read more