Taxing Times for Top Firms, Barclays Stake Sale & Oil Supply Cuts

Taxing Times for Top Firms, Barclays Stake Sale & Oil Supply Cuts

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) Britain's 100 largest companies saw their tax bill rise 7.25% in the past year to a total of £90 billion ($113 billion), accounting for a 10th of all of the government's receipts.

(2) Qatar's wealth fund is offloading almost half of its shares in Barclays, a surprise move that comes as the bank's executives ready a strategic overhaul for early next year.

(3) Lloyds Banking Group has received £1.2 billion from the owners of the Telegraph newspaper, marking an end of the bank's involvement in a saga that's spawned government investigations and sparked a nationwide discussion on freedom of the press.

(4) Rishi Sunak's government raised the salary requirement for people applying to live in the UK, one of a series of measures designed to show voters his ruling Conservative Party has a plan to deliver on its pledge to reduce net migration ahead of a general election expected next year.

(5) The OPEC+ oil production cuts can "absolutely" continue past the first quarter if needed, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, as he pledged the curbs would be delivered in full.

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