Business news
Major package of reforms to support SMEs
£60 million of new investment for apprenticeships.HMRC’s reversal of helpline reduction plan
Plan announced and then rapidly reversed due to criticism.Here’s what’s going up on ‘National Price Hike Day’
Council tax, water bills, broadband and train prices are all increasing.HMRC introduces digital authentication system
Digital doorway introduced for new individual taxpayers.Chancellor hopes to keep triple lock for pensions
Lock guarantees pensions rise by highest average earnings growth.April redundancy rule changes
Certain employees will have special redundancy protections.HMRC reverses helpline changes
Criticism prompts a U-turn in under 24 hours.HMRC reduces helpline services
Self-assessment helpline permanently closed for half the year.PM announces SME reform package
Initiative supported by £60 million.Record 6.7 million people in financial difficulty
Requests for debt help are increasing.
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.