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Finance minister’s rates proposals will raise ‘puny sums’, says Stormont opposition
Proposed changes to rating policy that will go out for consultation in the new year will raise just over half the sum owed annually through non-payment
2025 is a ‘must deliver’ year for Executive
Crisis around cost of doing business needs urgent action from Westminster and Stormont
Bank of England holds interest rates at 4.75% but says UK economy stagnating
The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee said it was keeping rates unchanged on Thursday following a divided vote among policymakers.
UK interest rates held at 4.75% amid ‘heightened economic uncertainty’
The Bank of England said it was keeping rates unchanged on Thursday after cutting the level in August and again in November.
UK interest rates set to be held at 4.75% after inflation rises again
The Bank of England will announce the results of its next policy decision on Thursday.
UK interest rates set to be held at 4.75% after inflation rises again
The Bank of England will announce the results of its next policy decision on Thursday.
UK inflation rises again to hit highest level since March
The Office for National Statistics said Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 2.6% in November, from 2.3% the previous month.
Rates bill hike for north’s most valuable homes delayed until 2026
Caoimhe Archibald briefed the media about her proposal last month but delays in bringing it to the executive mean it won’t be implemented for another year
Bank of England chief economist cautions over global economic ‘disturbances’
Huw Pill said the outlook for interest rate cuts depended on there being ‘no big new disturbances to the economy’.
Bank says ‘gradual approach’ to interest rate cuts needed after Budget
Andrew Bailey said it would ‘help us to observe’ how the tax measures would play out for the economy.