Economics / Markets

Tory pressure group Renewal has proposed scrapping the 40p higher rate of income tax and replacing it with a 45p rate for some earners.

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend.

Japan's current account deficit widened to a record 1.5tn yen ($15bn; £8.7bn) in January, the largest since records began in 1985.

Leading Scottish firms are acting ahead of the referendum later this year to move operations out of the country into the rest of the UK, according to a survey.

The size of the overall UK economy will this summer overtake the peak level it was at before the 2008 financial crisis, a business lobby group has said.

George Osborne is potentially facing a £20bn black hole in the public purse when he delivers the next Budget, according to a re-creation of government models put together by the Financial Times.

Shares in Schroders and Aviva jumped sharply today after strong full-year results from both firms, helping to keep the FTSE 100 ahead.

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Pictet Asset Management chief strategist Luca Paolini asks whether EM fears are overblown

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