Business rates are going up

Investors hoping to put money into venture-capital trusts (VCTs) before the end of the tax year may need to move quickly. Several popular funds appear to be at risk of selling out well before then, fo

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Gabriel Zucman has been dubbed that rarest of things: a “rock-star economist”. Having trained under the last Frenchman to receive this label—Thomas Piketty—the 39-year-old has become a global expert o

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→ The government has unveiled its ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan to reform England’s water system, promising tougher oversight and an end to failing infrastructure. But with record sewage pollution, soar