Start-up companies starved of funding have been promised government support to unlock more than £20 billion of investment over ten years.
Budget 2017: Start-ups offered help in unlocking £20bn investment
Millions struggling with debt could be given six weeks’ grace
People in severe debt will be given a six-week “breathing space” to get their finances in order, under government plans.
Dangers lurk under UK’s growing debt pile
Higher interest rates and rising inflation pose a serious threat to the public finances because the national debt is unusually exposed to price fluctuations, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned. Of the £1.7 trillion of national debt, £386 billion is in index-linked gilts that move automatically with inflation. Another […]