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CBI downgrades UK economic growth forecasts amid Budget pressures on firms
The CBI has reduced its growth forecasts for the UK economy in 2024 and 2025 as inflation is expected to pick up.
£2 bus fare cap hike puts rural routes at risk, MP warns
The current £2 cap was due to expire at the end of 2024.
Scottish culture sector to get ‘transformational’ spending boost, Robertson says
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson welcomed a £34 million increase in funding for the sector.
No more emergency Budget revisions due to pay awards, Shona Robison promises
For the last three years the Scottish Government has been forced to make in-year adjustments to its Budget.
Key points from the Scottish Budget
Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison unveiled her tax and spending plans for 2025/26 to MSPs at Holyrood on Wednesday.
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under Budget plans
Finance Secretary Shona Robison also outlined record NHS and local government funding in her tax and spending plans for 2025/26.
Robison outlines Scottish Budget with vow it ‘offers hope for future’
Scotland’s Finance Secretary is unveiling the Scottish Government’s tax and spending plans for 2025/26.
National insurance hike ‘biggest issue’ after Budget, Bank chief says
Andrew Bailey, speaking at the Financial Times’ Global Boardroom, said it is not yet clear what effect the tax change could have on inflation.
UK services sector ‘close to stalling’ in November after Budget tax rises
A survey found forthcoming rises in employers’ national insurance contributions weighed on firms’ appetite to hire new staff.
Shona Robison vows to ‘put people of Scotland first’ in Holyrood Budget
The Scottish Finance Secretary will set out her draft tax and spending plans for 2025-26 to MSPs on Wednesday.