Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced on Wednesday that National Insurance will be cut by 2p to lower the tax burden ahead of a general election. However, analysis from investment platform AJ …
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Spring Budget 2024: Government outlines steps to privately finance HS2’s Euston station
The government has outlined the next steps for securing private sector funding for HS2’s embattled Euston station in the Spring Budget today. Parts of the station site are being identified …
Spring Budget 2024: Renters worry as Hunt coaxes landlords to sell with capital gains tax cut
Landlords received a surprise handout from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in today’s Spring Budget, after he cut the rate of capital gains tax applying to residential property by four per cent. …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt cuts National Insurance by 2p – What does it mean for you?
The Chancellor has cut National Insurance by 2p in the Spring Budget in an attempt to boost his party’s standing in the polls and lower the tax burden. The move …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt threatens ‘further action’ to unlock pension investment after disclosure plans
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he could take “further action” to push pension funds to back British companies today as he confirmed plans to force them to publicly disclose their …
I’m a mother. These are the best Mother’s Day gifts for Sunday
It’s Mothering Sunday this week and as mums up and down the country prepare to have their decades of love and loyal support rewarded with another bland but well-meaning scarf …
Spring Budget 2024: Cash goes into plan to boost UK creative industries
The Chancellor has announced a raft of tax relief changes for Britain’s creative industries sector during his Spring Budget 2024 announcement on Wednesday. Jeremy Hunt revealed a package that will …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt completes nuclear u-turn with £160m Hitachi deal
Nuclear has featured prominently in the chancellor’s Spring Budget 2024 speech, headlined by the government buying back two potential reactor sites after the developer pulled out. Speaking to the House …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt plans Natwest government share sale this summer as Farage says debanking row ‘far from over’
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans for the government to begin selling part of its stake in Natwest to the general public “at the earliest opportunity” this summer, as part …
Spring Budget 2024: British Savings Bond introduced to help investors ‘save for the long term’
A new British Savings Bond has been introduced at today’s Spring Budget, which will be delivered through state-owned savings bank National Savings and Investments. In today’s fiscal event, Chancellor Jeremy …