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250k construction workers needed by 2028
Skills gap in the construction industry needs to be addressed.Treasury grants HMRC £51 million to improve helplines
The funds aim to improve the call response rate.Report reveals HMRC service wait times for taxpayers
Taxpayers have waited for a total of 800 years.Staff rates fall while pay growth rises
Workplaces drop but salaries increase over April.Interest rates to remain at 16-year high
Rate of 5.25% maintained for the sixth time.UK no longer in recession
Country exits recession with fastest growth in 2 years.Higher mortgage rates hit property rebound
Potential homebuyers being deterred by high prices.Nature degradation poses risk to GDP
Nature damage could cause a 12% GDP loss.Government launches online NI payments tool
Taxpayers can check for gaps in their NI record.MPs warn unfair banking is harming small firms
Treasury Committee says confidence among SMEs has fallen.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.