Almost 600,000 middle earners will be lifted out of the 40p rate of income tax, the Chancellor announced yesterday. From April next year, workers will only pay ... read more
A wheelchair-bound Tory disability campaigner has sabotaged his party’s own website after accusing George Osborne of ‘destroying lives’ with t... read more
The under pressure oil industry has received a much needed set of tax breaks from Chancellor George Osborne, having been hit hard over the past six months by a ... read more
Crowning his interview with a celebratory jig, Jamie Oliver wasted no time addressing the media in the wake of today’s sugar tax budget revelation. But su... read more
George Osborne yesterday bragged that the British economy was ‘set to grow faster than any other major advanced economy in the world’ this year. The... read more
Shares in the soft drinks industry plummeted on Wednesday after the British chancellor announced a tax on sugar to combat childhood obesity. As of 2018, any dri... read more
The under pressure oil industry has received a much needed set of tax breaks from Chancellor George Osborne, having been hit hard over the past six months by a ... read more
Budget Day is traditionally a time when all eyes are on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But yesterday Theresa May managed to upstage George Osborne’s speech ... read more
Households will face bigger insurance bills after the Chancellor announced a second hike to premium tax in five months. Families are already paying on average a... read more
The Tories will fail to cut net migration to their target of ‘tens of thousands’ – even under the most generous forecasts, according to the bu... read more
Buy-to-let landlords have been denied a tax break on their property profits as the Chancellor excluded them from a big capital gains tax cut. Drawing the battle... read more
Investors will be penalised less heavily when selling shares after George Osborne announced a significant cut in capital gains tax in this year’s budget. ... read more
Millions of households across the country will see their insurance bills rise as the Chancellor George Osborne confirmed in the budget a rise from 9.5 per cent ... read more
Buy-to-let landlords have been dealt a new blow in the Budget after the Chancellor abandoned plans to exempt ‘significant investors’ from the extra ... read more
Chancellor George Osborne has missed his GDP and debt forecasts for this financial year, sending sterling down to a fresh monthly low against the dollar and the... read more
Savers will be able to save tax-free to the tune of £20,000 from April 2017, George Osborne announced in his Budget today. At present, savers can stash away £... read more
UK taxpayers will be able to hold on to more of their hard-earned cash after the Chancellor increased income tax-free earnings in today’s Budget. Deliveri... read more
Small businesses can rejoice today after the government permanently extended its business rate relief scheme, and cut the overall level of corporation tax to ... read more
Young workers will no longer have to choose between saving for a home or retirement, as the Chancellor revealed a new Lifetime Isa with a bonus of up to £1,000... read more
George Osborne’s 25p per litre sugar tax on super-sweet drinks was this evening branded a ‘fat tax’ with ‘no evidence of success’... read more
BUDGET 2016 IN BRIEF: The key points of George Osborne’s speech at a glance By Jonathon Hopkins for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 12:12 BST, 16 March 2016 | Up... read more
Chancellor George Osborne has scrapped the costly Money Advice Service, less than six years after it was set-up in an attempt by the Government to provide peopl... read more
