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 …
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Spring Budget 2024: Hunt extends windfall tax on oil and gas industry
The Chancellor has announced a one-year extension of a windfall levy on energy firms’ profits in the Spring Budget 2024 speech today. Addressing a boisterous House of Commons today for …
The London hotels with the most delicious restaurants
As more big-name hotels bring in big-name chefs, the days of overpriced, soulless hotel restaurants are coming to an end in London. Whether it’s cocktails and para picar at the …
Spring Budget 2024: Air fare duty on business class flyers to rise
Business class air fares in the UK will rise, the Chancellor confirmed today in the Spring Budget, breaking a pledge to the airline industry. Jeremy Hunt said he would make …
Spring Budget 2024: Changes to ‘unfair’ child benefit withdrawal for £50,000-plus earners
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced reforms to the “unfair” High Income Child Benefit Charge, which will see the levy assessed on a household basis starting in 2026. Under rules introduced …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt confirms vaping tax and one-off tobacco duty hike to fund NI cut
Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the UK government will introduce a tax on vaping and e-cigarettes during his Spring Budget 2024 announcement, in a bid to raise the funds necessary for …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt cuts National Insurance in election play worth £10bn
Jeremy Hunt has announced the rate of National Insurance (NI) will be cut from 10 per cent to 8 per cent in the Spring Budget as the government gears for …
Spring Budget 2024: Is levelling up coming to Canary Wharf? Hunt injects £243m into new homes in banking district
Canary Wharf is set to receive a multi-million-pound cash injection to build more homes in the capital’s banking district. As part of the Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced he would …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt pledges £170m to make justice system ‘fit for the modern era’
Jeremy Hunt has promised £170m in order to deliver a justice system “fit for the modern era” during his much-vaunted Spring Budget. Hunt stated that “too many legal cases, particularly …
Spring Budget 2024: AstraZeneca to invest £650m in Cambridge and Liverpool
AstraZeneca is to invest £650m in the UK, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in his Spring Budget. The pharmaceuticals giant will expand its footprint on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and …