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LTAFs will be «brought into the scope of Innovative Finance ISAs from April 2024», according to the Autumn Statement

Hunt announced major reforms for self employed people. He said he would abolish Class 2 National Insurance «altogether», saving the average self-employed person £192 a year.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Autumn Statement in parliament today (22 November).

The OBR forecast saw an decline from its March numbers. Copyright HM Treasury

The strategy aims to provides exposure to 'high-quality and high-profitability' companies at a 'reasonable' valuation, and has a total expense ratio of 0.29%.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (pictured) prepares for the Autumn Statement. Photo: HM Treasury

Our host for the awards ceremony was financial journalist and presenter Declan Curry, while our charity for the evening was Place2Be.

Molly Betournay (pictured) has joined the firm after six years at Clean Yield Asset Management.

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University College London (UCL) has announced a new scholarship scheme to enable 100 of India's brightest students to study in the UK as well as its first-ever Summer School for pre-university students in the country. UCL, one of the UK's leading universities, said on Tuesday that its new India Excellence Scholarships will support Indian students with an outstanding academic record to pursue full-time Master's degree studies at the institution. Want to know if you qualify for immigration? Click here For the 2024-25 academic year, 33 scholarships will be available for exceptional students who have or are on track to achieve a first-class degree. A further 67 scholarships will be awarded during the following two years. “We are delighted to be able to offer these new and diverse opportunities that both illustrate our ongoing commitment to Indian students and strengthen our connection with India,” said Dr Michael Spence, President and Provost of UCL. “Indian students are vital members of UCL's global community and we are dedicated to providing more resources and support to help the very best of them share their knowledge and expertise with us in the UK,” he said.

Failed cancer care provider GenesisCare, which entered Chapter 11 in June, says its lender group has extended up to $US68 million ($104 million) in new financing to help keep the business running as it aims to emerge from bankruptcy protection in January.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (pictured) is set to unveil his Autumn Statement later today | Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

international workforce would be an Indian. The MEA secretary addressed the third edition of the Spain-India Forum in New Delhi on Wednesday. Underscoring the migration mobility agreement, he said, «Within a decade or so, every third or every second youth out of ten in the international workforce would be an Indian. So here what I'm directly referring to is the migration mobility agreement, which we are struggling for the Spanish government to consider.» India has signed the migration mobility agreement with Portugal, the UK, Germany, Italy and Austria. Furthermore, Verma said, «Austria is supposed to be one of the most difficult countries to deal with on migration issues. So if we can do it with several other countries, I think it's Spain.

British hedge fund Bell Rock Capital Management did not meet the disclosure standards required by Australian investment laws during its activist campaign against Whitehaven Coal, according to the Takeovers Panel.

Britain’s Conservative government will try to win favor with voters by cutting taxes but avoiding worsening inflation in a budget statement

The leaders of Britain and South Korea are seeking to strengthen trade and defense ties between their countries during a state visit to the U.K. by President Yoon Suk Yeol

Britain’s top court has ruled that riders for one of the country’s biggest meal delivery companies don’t have collective bargaining rights because they aren’t employees

King Charles III has hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a glittering banquet at Buckingham Palace, as Britain rolled out the red carpet for a formal state visit aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties between the two coun...

regulatory approval processes in the UK impact India's exports of medical devices to the British market, think tank GTRI said on Wednesday. To promote exports of these devices, it said, India should negotiate a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to expedite the entry of these equipment into the UK market, particularly for devices with CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation ) licence or Quality Council of India's Indian Certification of Medical Devices (ICMED) certification.

Black Mirror created by Charlie Brooker is returning for a seventh season. The series has been renewed by Netflix and will stream on its platform. The sixth season ended in June which had premiered four years after the fifth season of the show. The science fiction series, is mostly set in the near-future dystopias, has gone through several iterations since it was launched on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2011. The show was given a budget boost after Netflix picked it up in 2016. The sixth season had reached the top of Netflix's Streaming Top 10 in 92 countries when the show premiered in June and remained in Netflix's global top 10 English-speaking TV for four weeks. The sixth season which consisted of five episodes had a host of stars including Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy, Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett and Paapa Essiedu. Meanwhile, season 5 just had three parts and the cast members included Andrew Scott, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace and Miley Cyrus. The casting for season 7 has not yet been confirmed while the details about the series such as plot, number of episodes are still being kept under the wraps.