Mortgage rates have risen since the budget based on expectations further base rate cuts could be delayed – and while this is bad news for borrowers, higher rates should be great for savers. But the Money blog can reveal some of the same banks and building societies that have raised mortgage rates in the last…
Thousands of farmers from across the UK are expected to gather outside Downing Street today – in the biggest protest yet against the government’s changes to inheritance tax rules. The reforms, announced in last month’s budget, will mean farms worth over £1m will be subject to 20% inheritance tax from April 2026. Farmers say that…
Traffic could soon be banned from part of London’s most popular shopping area, under new plans by the capital’s mayor. A scheme announced by Sadiq Khan could see a 0.7-mile stretch of Oxford Street – between Oxford Circus and Marble Arch – pedestrianised with the aim of boosting the experience of shoppers, residents, workers and…
