Soaring number of winding up petitions after HMRC gained secondary preferential creditor status makes it more difficult to negotiate time to pay agreements to settle tax debts, warn Linton Bloomberg, partner, and Josh Beasley, trainee solicitor, at Reed Smith

In a turbulent week for the prime minister, King’s Speech sets out legislative programme with plans for closer ties to EU in a major re-set, late payment clampdown, less costly and onerous levels of red tape from regulators to drive innovation, and digital ID cards are back

Farmers lose judicial review challenge over ‘flawed’ consultation process as judge rules government not required to consult extensively before tax changes