Premium Bonds £1 Billion Boost: What NS&I’s New 2025–26 Funding Target Means for Your Savings
Published: 28 November 2025 The Autumn Budget has handed Premium Bonds savers a rare bit of good news – or at least, genuine hope.
UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Ends Flat as Mid‑Caps Rally After Budget – 27 November 2025
The UK stock market paused for breath on Thursday, 27 November 2025, as investors digested Rachel Reeves’s tax‑raising Autumn Budget and traded into the US Thanksgiving holiday in relatively thin volumes. The blue‑chip FTSE 100 index closed almost unchanged, up just 2.35 points at 9,693.93, while the domestically focused FTSE 250 outperformed with a 0.9% gain to 22,091.47. The AIM All‑Share added 0.8% to 748.99, underscoring stronger risk appetite further down the market cap spectrum. London South East+1
FTSE 100 Slips as Energy and Consumer Stocks Drag After Reeves’ Tax-Raising Budget – UK Stock Market Today, 27 November 2025
The UK stock market traded slightly lower on Thursday as investors digested Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ hefty Autumn Budget, with energy, miners and consumer staples weighing on the blue‑chip FTSE 100 while mid‑caps held on to modest gains. By late morning in London, the FTSE 100 was down around 0.2–0.3% and hovering near 9,670, pulling back from Wednesday’s strong post‑budget rally that took the index to roughly 9,692, an 0.8% gain on the day.Reuters+2Investing.com+2 The more domestically focused FTSE 250 was modestly higher, up between 0.1% and 0.4%, as traders rotated into UK‑centric growth stories and budget beneficiaries.Reuters+1
National Grid plc (NG.) News Today: Northern Powerhouse Push, Dividend Scrip Milestone and Investor Moves – 27 November 2025
National Grid plc news today, 27 November 2025: new Northern Powerhouse Partnership role, key dividend scrip milestone, BlackRock stake increase, analyst views, latest financials and risks. The standout corporate headline for 27 November 2025 is that National Grid has officially joined the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. The move is pitched as a way to lock in more of the economic upside from Britain’s energy transition for communities across the North of England. National Grid
Cash ISA Limit Slashed to £12,000 for Under‑65s in 2025 Budget – What It Means for Your Savings
From April 2027, working‑age savers will only be able to shelter £12,000 a year in cash ISAs, while pensioners keep the full £20,000 cash allowance. Here’s the full picture, the politics – and what you can do now. London, 27 November 2025 – Yesterday’s Autumn Budget from Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed one of the most closely watched changes in UK personal finance: a cut to the tax‑free cash ISA limit for under‑65s from £20,000 to £12,000 a year from April 2027. Those aged 65 and over will still be allowed to put the full £20,000 into cash. MoneySavingExpert.com+2Reuters+2
Legal & General (LGEN) Share Price Today: Dividend Yield Near 9% as Ford Deal and UK Budget Shape Outlook – 27 November 2025
Legal & General Group Plc’s share price hovered around 246p today, 27 November 2025, after a sharp rally, leaving its dividend yield near 9%. Here’s the latest on LGEN’s price, dividend, Ford pension deal, ETF update, and how the UK Autumn Budget could affect investors. Legal & General Group Plc ended today’s London session broadly flat after a strong mid‑week run.
NatWest Group (NWG) Rides Budget Boost With New Accelerator and Social Housing Loans
LONDON – 27 November 2025 – NatWest Group Plc is closing out a pivotal week for UK banks with its share price continuing to climb and a flurry of announcements spanning start‑up support, social housing and technology lending. NatWest Group shares closed at 623.6p on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, up 0.84% on the session. That puts the stock within touching distance of its 52‑week high at 626.6p, and roughly 7.7% above last Friday’s close around 579p. Investing.com
National Timber Group Collapse: 561 Jobs Lost as Arnold Laver Depots Shut Across the UK
Published: 27 November 2025 The UK’s biggest independent timber distributor, National Timber Group, has collapsed into administration, triggering 561 immediate redundancies and the closure of 13 branches across England and Scotland just weeks before Christmas. Joint administrators from Alvarez & Marsal were appointed on 26 November 2025 and have begun an accelerated sale process for all or parts of the business. Construction Enquirer+2The Construction Index+2
SSE plc (LON:SSE) Share Price Holds Near Highs as £33bn Grid Plan, UK Budget and Planning Wins Take Centre Stage – 27 November 2025
London, UK – 27 November 2025 – British utility SSE plc heads into the close of November with its share price still trading near record levels, as investors digest a flurry of recent news: a £33 billion “Transformation for Growth” investment plan, a £2 billion equity placing, fresh planning consents for major Scottish grid projects, and the company’s response to the UK Government’s new budget. Although SSE has not released a new RNS or company press release dated 27 November 2025 as of publication, today’s market action is being driven by updates published over the last fortnight – particularly those released on 26 November and 12–13 November. SSE
UK Stock Market Today, 26 November 2025: FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Rally as Reeves’ Budget Lifts Banks and Miners
London’s stock market ended firmly higher on Wednesday as Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Autumn Budget, a tax‑raising package that still reassured investors and sparked a broad-based relief rally in equities, gilts and sterling. The FTSE 100 closed up about 0.9% at 9,691.58, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 climbed 1.2%, its best session in more than a month. London South East Market moves came against a backdrop of pro‑equity measures aimed at reviving the London Stock Exchange – including a temporary stamp duty holiday for new listings and a cut to the tax‑free cash ISA allowance – alongside significant tax rises designed to rebuild fiscal headroom.
UK Budget 2025: Income tax thresholds frozen, ISA limit cut and new levies in £26bn tax raid after OBR leak
LONDON – 26 November 2025 – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a sweeping package of UK tax changes in the Autumn Budget, hours after an extraordinary blunder saw the Office for Budget Responsibility publish key details early on its website. The leaked document confirms tax rises building to £26bn a year by 2029–30, pushing the UK tax burden to a record share of the economy. The Guardian+2The Standard+2 At the heart of today’s announcements are a freeze on income tax thresholds to 2030–31, a 2 percentage point hike in tax rates on dividends, property and savings income, a cut to the cash ISA allowance, and new targeted levies on property, tourism, sugar and electric vehicles. The Guardian+2The Guardian+2
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) Share Price Today: Rally Holds as UK Budget Spares Bank Tax Hike – 26 November 2025
London, 26 November 2025 – Lloyds Banking Group plc is trading close to its 12‑month highs today as investors digest fresh signs that the UK Autumn Budget will not target banks with new taxes, while the FTSE 100 lender keeps shrinking its share count through an aggressive £1.7bn buyback. Real‑time data from London South East shows Lloyds’ stock changing hands at around 91.0p late Wednesday morning, up roughly 0.4% on the day. The intraday range so far runs from about 90.8p to 91.6p, after closing yesterday at 90.68p. shareprices.com
UK stock market today: FTSE 100 edges higher as miners rally ahead of Reeves’ tax-heavy Budget – 26 November 2025
The UK stock market is trading higher on Wednesday 26 November 2025, with investors firmly focused on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ high‑stakes Autumn Budget and what a new wave of tax rises could mean for shares, sterling and gilts. By mid‑morning, the FTSE 100 was hovering around 9,620–9,630, up roughly 0.2% on the day, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 outperformed with gains close to 1%.London South East+3FT Markets+3Hargreaves Lansdown+3
Budget 2025: How Rachel Reeves’ Income Tax Threshold Freeze Could Hit Your Pay Packet by 2030
As Rachel Reeves delivers her high‑stakes Autumn Budget 2025 today, one measure looms larger than almost any explicit “tax rise”: a plan to freeze income tax thresholds for longer – the classic “stealth tax” that lets inflation quietly do the work. The chancellor has already ruled out breaking Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise the rates of income tax, VAT or employee National Insurance. But she is leaning heavily on threshold freezes and a raft of other targeted tax changes to plug a £20–30bn hole in the public finances.Sky News+2The Guardian+2
Barclays PLC Share Price Today, 25 November 2025: BARC Jumps Above 409p as UK Budget Tax Fears Ease
Barclays PLC enjoyed a strong session on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, as relief over potential UK bank taxes and ongoing share buybacks helped push the share price higher both in London and via its New York–listed ADR. In London, Barclays PLC closed at about 409.8p, with a buy price around 409.95p and sell price 409.80p. That’s a gain of 9.4p, or roughly 2.35% on the day, compared with Monday’s close near 400.6p.Hargreaves Lansdown+1
UK Stock Market Today, 24 November 2025: FTSE 100 Ends Flat as Defence Stocks Slide but Banks and Miners Advance
London’s stock market started the week with a burst of optimism on Monday 24 November 2025, but early gains faded into the close as investors balanced hopes of a U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut against nerves ahead of Wednesday’s tax‑heavy UK Budget. The FTSE 100 finished almost unchanged at 9,534.91, down just 0.05%, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 rose 0.23% to 21,411.58, snapping an eight‑day losing streak that had wiped about 5% off the mid‑cap index since October. London South East+1
Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves to Cut Cash ISA Limit to £12,000 as Banks Launch Last-Minute Rate War
Published: Tuesday 25 November 2025 UK savers are waking up to a double shock: reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will slash the annual cash ISA allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 in tomorrow’s Autumn Budget, and a frantic scramble among banks to lure customers with higher ISA interest rates before the rules change. Financial Times+2The Independent+2
Budget 2025: 10m UK Pensioners Face Income Tax as Threshold Freeze Turns Winter Fuel Payment into a Stealth Tax
London – 25 November 2025 On the eve of Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget, pensioners are at the centre of a growing political and financial storm.
Reeves Faces Budget Showdown: CBI Warning, OBR Downgrade and Nuclear ‘Reset’ Shape High‑Stakes Week for UK Economy
As Rachel Reeves prepares the 2025 UK budget, business leaders warn against “death by a thousand taxes”, the OBR readies lower growth forecasts, nuclear regulation faces a radical reset, and AI-fuelled productivity gains offer a rare bright spot. With the 2025 UK budget due on Wednesday 26 November, Rachel Reeves is walking into one of the most politically charged weeks of her Chancellorship.
UK Stock Market Outlook for Monday 24 November 2025: FTSE 100 Preview, Budget Jitters and Anglo American Deal Talk
London – Sunday 23 November 2025 The UK stock market heads into Monday’s open after one of its choppier weeks since spring, with politics, central banks and commodities all jostling for investors’ attention.
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