Treasury officials have presented Chancellor John Healey with a plan to tax oil firms and banks to help rebuild his £22.7bn fiscal buffer, according to reports. Officials believe that a new windfall tax on banks and a further increase on oil firms could help increase government receipts squeez
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Investors and analysts have warned Chancellor John Healey not to give up on the government's efforts to reduce the UK's fiscal deficit in his first Budget, following a spike in government bond yields in recent weeks. Mr Healey is preparing to unveil his first Budget on October 28 at a time when inve
Former NatWest chairman and financial regulator Sir Howard Davies has launched a scathing attack on the UK's banking framework, claiming that post financial crisis ring-fencing was a "completely useless regulatory intervention" that has "emasculated UK investment banking." Speaking as ministers weig
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon has warned Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey against creating a more hostile tax environment for banks. The Wall Street executive urged the UK Government to re-consider its plans to increase taxes on banks ahead of a major pre-Budget lobbying campaign
