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Jeremy Hunt's comments come ahead of the budget next week Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he wanted Britain to have “the most competitive business tax rates” as he faced calls to scrap a planned hike in corporation tax. Ahead of the Budget on March 15, Mr Hunt said the increase in the main rate from 19% to 25% due in April would still leave the UK with a lower rate than

The Chancellor will next week set out what he promises to be a “clean energy reset” The Government has announced a new plan to funnel around £1 billion a year into technology which can help capture carbon emissions before they are released into the atmosphere. The Chancellor will next week set out what he promises to be a “clean energy reset” with extra money for carbon capture and new promises

The bout is planned for Wembley on the 29th of April Oleksandr Usyk has told Tyson Fury he will accept his terms for an April 29 undisputed heavyweight title fight at Wembley provided the Briton agrees to one special condition. The much-anticipated showdown appeared to be in jeopardy after Fury, who turned down a previous date in Saudi Arabia, demanded 70 per cent of the total purse for the revised

He has yet to appear for his club Catalans Dragons so far this term England captain and two-time Man of Steel Sam Tomkins has announced that he will retire from rugby league at the end of the current season. The 33-year-old has yet to appear for his club Catalans Dragons so far this term, having undergone knee surgery in the wake of England’s shattering World Cup semi-final defeat to Samoa.

Charles conferred the title on the former Earl of Wessex in celebration of Edward’s 59th birthday on Friday. The King has handed his late father’s title the Duke of Edinburgh to his brother Prince Edward, honouring the late Queen and Philip’s wishes. Charles conferred the title on the former Earl of Wessex in celebration of Edward’s 59th birthday on Friday. Sophie, the former Countess of Wessex, is now the Duchess

A warning for snow remains in place for much of Scotland, with another snow and ice warning issued for northern England on Saturday Heavy snow has brought treacherous conditions with drivers left stranded for hours and people urged to only travel if absolutely necessary. The Met Office has yellow warnings for ice covering large swathes of the UK after Storm Larisa battered parts of the UK with gales and blizzards.

That's according to Gregory Campbell from the DUP A senior DUP MP has said he would advise party colleagues to oppose the new Brexit deal on Northern Ireland trade if further movement is not secured. Gregory Campbell said the Windsor Framework was better than the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol, but it was still “not what we need to see”. The DUP, which collapsed powersharing in Northern Ireland in protest at

It's over alleged payments to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee Barcelona and two of the club’s former presidents are facing corruption charges over alleged payments to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee. Spanish prosecutors have filed a complaint after it was reported last month that between 2001 and 2018 Barcelona paid more than 7million euros (£6.2million) to companies owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who was vice-president

They are taking on Manchester United on Sunday Chelsea could be missing Emma Hayes from the dugout for Sunday’s crunch Women’s Super League clash against Manchester United after the Blues boss sat out the pre-match press conference due to illness. In the absence of Hayes, it was her assistant, Blues general manager Paul Green, fielding questions from the media on Friday. And he said: “We are hoping Emma is going