Economy

Health secretary Wes Streeting has guaranteed the exemption of VAT on private healthcare will not be removed in the upcoming Budget. Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening" and repeated that answer...

Individual membership of private medical insurance (PMI) broke the 1.6 million figure in 2024 but continued growing at a much slower rate, according to data from providers for Health & Protection’s annual...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) is the latest trade body to raise concerns over Lord Kinnock's call for VAT to be applied on private healthcare. The trade body argued...

Five years on from a global pandemic, employers appear to be continuing to carry the can when it comes to improving the health and productivity of UK plc's workforce. But this has...

The UK government will be investing £2bn more in digital and artificial intelligence (AI) across public services, including in the NHS, according to chancellor Rachel Reeves.  Delivering her Spending Review today, Reeves...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) avoided announcing any fresh tax increases at the Spending Review but has increased annual public spending by around £68.5bn from 2025-26 to 2028-29 – an annual year-on-year real...

Income protection (IP) sales have soared due to a number of factors including customers' increased appetite for normal retirement age products and the product potentially making gains at the expense of other...

While employers see the value of group income protection (GIP) as a means of early intervention to keep employees at work and and demand for this benefit is holding up, economic pressures...

Baroness Nicky Morgan is seeking to launch an inquiry on women's financial resilience in the House of Lords. Speaking at the Women in Protection conference, Baroness Morgan (pictured) told delegates the inquiry...

Workplace absences connected to employees taking time off to care for a cancer-stricken loved one could cost UK employers an estimated £8.5bn this year due to an increase in cases. This is...