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UK businesses hit 54% confidence despite £26B tax hike - here's why

Reading time: 2 min • Aug 29, 2025, 05:15 AM (UTC)

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  • Chancellor Reeves' tax increases and minimum wage bumps have...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves just pulled off what economists call "reverse psychology" - slap businesses with a £26 billion payroll tax increase, bump minimum wages by 7%, and somehow watch business confidence rocket to its highest level in nearly a decade at 54%. Either British businesses have developed Stockholm syndrome, or they know something the rest of us don't.

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