Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a bumper 8.5% increase in the state…
View More Treasury officials mull one-off break from pensions triple lockTag: Tax and spending
UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were…
View More UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warnsOne in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFS
One in four teachers and one in eight nurses will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 as a result of the government’s record freeze on income…
View More One in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFSLabour considering higher taxes on foreign buyers of UK homes
Labour is considering moves to levy higher taxes on foreign buyers of UK homes, as a senior Conservative blamed their party’s abolition of housebuilding targets…
View More Labour considering higher taxes on foreign buyers of UK homesRising bills and tax hikes to make UK families hundreds of pounds worse off
A wave of rising bills and tax hikes coming into effect in April will leave a family on a £50,000 annual income almost £700 a…
View More Rising bills and tax hikes to make UK families hundreds of pounds worse offRecord number of Britons file tax returns on Christmas Day
While most households spent the holidays feasting and visiting relatives and friends, others apparently decided Christmas was the season to catch up on admin, with…
View More Record number of Britons file tax returns on Christmas DayBritons told how to save energy as government aid bill could hit £5bn a month
The cost to the government of shielding households from soaring energy bills is expected to double in the new year to up to £5bn a…
View More Britons told how to save energy as government aid bill could hit £5bn a monthElectric car owners to pay road tax from 2025, Jeremy Hunt announces
Electric car owners will have to pay vehicle excise duty, better known as road tax, from 2025, the chancellor has announced. Industry figures said the…
View More Electric car owners to pay road tax from 2025, Jeremy Hunt announcesWhat Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement means for you
That “everyone” will be paying more tax after the autumn statement was the big spoiler from Jeremy Hunt before the event and so it came…
View More What Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement means for youSizewell C nuclear plant plans have not been scrapped, says No 10
Downing Street has said plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk have not been scrapped as part of a drive to make…
View More Sizewell C nuclear plant plans have not been scrapped, says No 10