Business leaders urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ease energy costs and avoid raising the tax burden on corporates as she readies this year’s budget, flagging higher taxes and energy bills would squeeze profits and investment. This is a near-term policy-risk signal for UK-listed, energy-sensitive and corporate-exposed sectors ahead of the budget announcement.
Business leaders urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ease energy costs and avoid raising the tax burden on corporates as she readies this year’s budget, flagging higher taxes and energy bills would squeeze profits and investment. This is a near-term policy-risk signal for UK-listed, energy-sensitive and corporate-exposed sectors ahead of the budget announcement.
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