In light of fierce criticism from tax advisers, accounting and law firms, as well as the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the government has backed down on its initial plans to include inheritance tax (IHT) within the new framework to change existing DOTAS rules governing the hallmarks describing schemes which must be disclosed

Local authorities are set to be given devolved powers to set the opening hours for Sunday trading law on high streets and city centres on a local basis in the Enterprise Bill

The European Commission has announced plans to review the future development of VAT across the EU 28 member states in light of continuing levels of poor compliance and criticisms of unnecessary red tape to meet current VAT compliance requirements