
Business News
- Reeves urged to make Budget 'bold' or risk future tax risesThe Institute for Fiscal Studies says the chancellor needs to find £22bn to make up a shortfall.
- Bankers to get bonuses faster under rule changeThe change is a relaxation of rules that were brought in after the 2008 financial crash.
- Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122mPPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.
- US blasts China as 'unreliable' as trade tensions mountTop Trump administration officials, in an unusual staged attack, called China's plans to curb exports of rare earths "economic coercion".
- Energy standing charge plans could backfire, MPs toldBosses of the UK's biggest energy suppliers were quizzed by MPs about support for their customers as prices rise.
- Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power gridHomes asked to use less electricity as network is overloaded by the rush to wind and solar power.