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Guidance on E-cigarettes: regulations for consumer products (update)

Guidance on how to get an e-cigarette on the market in the UK, including the notification scheme and reporting problems with e-cigarettes...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:52

CLA: Chancellor announces VAT cut on tourism sector

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has today announced he will be cutting VAT on tourism businesses from 20% to 5% as part of a suite of measures designed to help sectors recover from Covid-19...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:49

Scottish Government: Call to ease ‘rigid fiscal rules’ to support recovery

Joint message from devolved finance ministers...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:47

Anneliese Dodds responds to Chancellor's summer economic update

Our country has been through a great deal over these past few months...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:45

UK nominates Liam Fox as next Director General of WTO

The UK will today nominate former International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. ..

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:42

Statement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak

A Plan for Jobs 2020 speech as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:40

Guidance: Stamp Duty Land Tax: temporary reduced rates

Reduced rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will apply for residential properties purchased from 8 July 2020 until 31 March 2021 inclusive...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:15

Alliance criticises ‘short-sighted’ omission of childcare sector in Chancellor’s summer statement

Commenting on today's Summer Statement, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:08

Summer Economic Update - A Plan for Jobs

Attached is a copy of the HM Treasury's 'A Plan for Jobs' document.

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:06

Rishi's Plan for Jobs will help Britain bounce back

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out a ‘Plan for Jobs’ that will spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak...

Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:05