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Lords Lift Pension Salary-Sacrifice Cap to £5,000 as Bill Heads Back to Commons

The bill returns to the Commons for possible reversal of the Lords’ changes.

Reeves Signals Review of Tax-Free Mileage Rates for Work Travel

Gesamtmetall Warns of Up to 150,000 Job Cuts in Germany’s Metal and Electrical Sector This Year

Hospitality Warns of 2,000 Closures as Ministers Weigh Wider Business-Rate Relief

Coparmex Survey Finds Mexico's Investment Optimism Falls to Pandemic-Era Low

Industry Clashes With Treasury Over ISA Crackdown as HMRC Prepares Draft Rules

DIHK Warns Germany Faces De‑Industrialization Risk as Insolvencies Hit 12‑Year High

Spain Exempts Valencia DANA Aid From Income, Wealth and Corporate Taxes

China to Add 13% VAT on Contraceptives From Jan. 1, 2026

Argentina’s Textile Manufacturers Hand Government a VAT-Credit Plan to Slash Labor Costs

Russia Sets Out Tech Fee Plan for Electronics With 2026 Launch

Moscow City Duma Approves 2026 Increase in Migrant Work-Patent Fee to 10,000 Rubles

UK Lifts Electricity Network Charge Relief to 90% for Energy-Intensive Firms

France Tables €2 Charge on Small Non‑EU Parcels in 2026 Budget

Spain Proposes Higher Social-Security Fees for the Self‑Employed in 2026 With Phased Rises Through 2028

Brazil Touts Tariff Rollbacks After Lula–Trump UN Contact as Talks Proceed Without a Date

Pakistan Textile Council Warns of Export Slide as Q1 Deficit Widens

Pakistan Cement Dispatches Rise 16.25% in Q1 as September Momentum Eases

Coal Ministry Quantifies Gains From GST 2.0 Coal Tax Reset

Lula Signs Redata, a Tax-Incentive Regime to Attract Data Centers to Brazil