CA daily briefing: Wednesday 25 November

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to bring you today's latest news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
HMRC’s new digital processes for authorising tax agents are causing problems for many agents and their clients. Susan Cattell outlines the ICAS strategy for getting authorisation right.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Spending Review: Chancellor to set out government spending plans (BBC News)
- Londoners pay 'astonishing' 30 per cent of UK's capital gains tax (City AM)
- Brexit could affect economy for longer than COVID - BoE's Saunders (Reuters)
- Debenhams may close up to 60 stores, putting thousands of jobs at risk (The Guardian)
- 'My dream flat left me with a £20,000 repair bill' (BBC News)
- Tories call for Sadiq Khan to scrap rent control push after policy 'failed' in Berlin (City AM)
- Global stocks hit record high as Biden, vaccine lift investor outlook (Reuters)
- No-deal Brexit could disrupt medicines and vaccine delivery, industry warns (Sky News)
- Taskforce to improve diversity at top of financial services (Accountancy Daily)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Thursday briefing.