MPs have criticised a HMRC tax crackdown which attempts to claw back money from people who used tax-planning schemes they thought were legal. As reported by The Independent, the politicians warned that the new measures have caused "widespread anxiety and distrust" and have claimed that the "loan charge" has driven...

Around 190,000 shops, pubs and other firms have been sued by councils in the past year for struggling to pay rising business rates, according to new data. That equates to 750 firms every working day who were taken to court for non-payment of their business rates during the 2018/19 financial year. Under...