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Uzbekistan

Deputies approve bill allowing tax benefits to be applied before they are incorporated into the Tax Code

On 27 October the Legislative Chamber passed in first reading a bill allowing businesses to use sectoral tax benefits established by presidential decisions even before they are enshrined in the Tax Code. Deputies pointed to the delay in incorporating the amendments and a possible contradiction with the ban on individual benefits. On October 27, the Legislative Chamber passed in first reading a draft law allowing businesses to use sectoral tax benefits established by presidential decrees even before they are enshrined in the Tax Code. Deputies pointed to the delay in introducing the amendments and a possible contradiction with the ban on individual benefits.

Otabek Yusupov
4 min read
Economy

British press on the Budget: a 'difficult moment', green levies and rising benefits

British newspapers on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, discuss Chancellor John Healey's first Budget, which will be delivered at lunchtime on Wednesday. The publications differ in their assessments: some write about the scrapping of 'green levies' and help for low-income households, others about a record tax burden and the abandonment of welfare reform. British newspapers on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, discuss Chancellor John Healey's first Budget, which will be presented at midday on Wednesday. The publications differ in their assessments: some write about the scrapping of 'green levies' and support for low-income households, others about a record tax burden and the abandonment of welfare spending reform. British newspapers on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, discuss Chancellor John Healey's first Budget, which will be presented at midday on Wednesday. The publications differ in their assessments: some write about scrapping 'green levies' and support for low-income households, others about a record tax burden and the abandonment of welfare spending reform.

Aziz Karimov
5 min read
World

UK Government to Strip Benefits from Serious Criminals Held in Psychiatric Hospitals

New regulations to be introduced in parliament on Tuesday will cancel universal credit payments (up to £800 a month) to murderers and dangerous sexual offenders being treated in hospitals at NHS expense. The measure will affect around 2,500 people and, according to the government's estimate, will save tens of millions of pounds a year. The initiative was backed by victims' families, including relatives of those killed in Nottingham in 2023.

Otabek Yusupov
3 min read
World

PM Burnham calls UK youth employment crisis 'an economic catastrophe and a moral failure'

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that nearly a million young people aged 16–24 outside employment, education and training constitute 'an economic catastrophe and a moral failure'. This week the government will announce a plan with tens of thousands of jobs and apprenticeships, and in November Alan Milburn's review on youth and work will be published. Conservatives and the Greens criticised the government's approach.

Otabek Yusupov
2 min read
Economy

In Uzbekistan, the deadline for paying university contracts has been extended to November 1

The Ministry of Education and Science of Uzbekistan has extended until November 1 the deadline for paying contracts and completing enrollment at universities for the 2026/2027 academic year. By this date, at least 25% of the annual amount must be paid under the basic contract and at least 50% under the differentiated contract. The deadline had previously been extended to October 15. Also, starting from the new academic year, a 30% tuition compensation has been introduced for children of pedagogical workers.

Dilnoza Rahimova
1 min read
Economy

Uzbekistan proposes new benefits for greenhouse owners: 50% tax reduction

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation on introducing 'green' technologies in greenhouse farming. It is proposed that by 2030 land and property taxes for household greenhouses be reduced by 50%, they be exempt from turnover tax, half of electricity costs be compensated, and grants and preferential loans be allocated for modernization.

Nilufar Karimova
1 min read