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April 01 British firms brace for ‘eye-watering’ April cost hikes - CITY A.M April 01 Head of UK budget watchdog says he wants to serve second term - REUTERS March 31 Mortgage approvals fall to six-month low ahead of stamp duty changes - YAHOO FINANCE March 29 Rachel Reeves considers fresh tax raid on savers in bid to balance books - INDEPEPNDENT March 29 Which UK carmakers will be hit hardest by Trump’s latest import tariffs? - THE GUARDIAN UK March 29 Government respond to income tax personal allowance rise to £20,000 - LIVERPOL ECHO March 29 The UK’s economy grew marginally last year, sees surprise revision - EURONEWS March 27 UK Bonds Fall as Investors Focus on Lingering Fiscal Challenges - BLOOMBERG March 27 Odds of Bank of England interest rate cut strengthen as inflation falls to 2.8% - THE GUARDIAN UK March 27 UK Bonds Fall as Investors Focus on Lingering Fiscal Challenges - BLOOMBERG March 27 UK in talks over US car tariffs, could look at Tesla subsidies, finance minister says - REUTERS March 26 UK Set to Sweeten £302 Billion Plan With Fewer Long Bonds - BLOOMBERG March 26 Britain braces for ‘devastating’ £36bn tax raid in a single week - THE TELEGRAPH March 26 US reciprocal tariffs could cut British economic growth by 1%, OBR says - REUTERS March 26 Sterling inches higher with tariffs, spring statement in focus - REUTERS March 26 OBR slashes UK growth forecast for 2025 but upgrades it for rest of parliament, chanc... (read more) March 26 UK inflation cools more than expected in February but fresh climb expected - REUTERS March 26 UK Inflation Cools Unexpectedly in Boon for Reeves and Rate Cut - BLOOMBERG March 24 UK finance minister Reeves says she will stick to fiscal rules despite global turmoil - REUTERS March 24 Stamp duty and council tax rates now the highest in the advanced world - INDEPENDENT March 21 UK Borrowing Overshoot Hits £20 Billion in Blow for Reeves - BLOOMBERG March 21 Bank of England raises prospect of pause in rate cuts as uncertainty mounts - REUTERS March 20 UK jobs market steadies with BoE set to keep rates on hold - REUTERS March 19 UK pay rises fall back in line with inflation, Brightmine says - REUTERS March 19 Bank of England expected to pause rate cuts despite contracting output - EURONEWS March 17 Interest rates set to stay at 4.5% as Bank of England faces ‘fog of uncertainty’ - P.A.MEDIA March 17 Chancellor urged to raise taxes ahead of spring statement March 17 Britain's growth risks put bond investors on high alert - REUTERS March 14 Chancellor ‘determined to turn around’ economy amid surprise fall in GDP - P.A. MEDIA March 14 Deutsche Bank Flags Loans to Auto Industry as Growing Risk - BLOOMBERG