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Chancellor George Osborne confirms extra 3% stamp duty in budget 2016

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

Sterling slides as George Osborne misses debt and economic growth forecasts

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

Tax-free limit to rise to £20k despite new personal savings allowance

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

George Osborne hikes personal allowance and cuts 40p tax threshold in today’s budget

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

Budget 2016: George Osborne promises business tax reforms

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

Budget 2016 sees young savers handed up to £1,000 a year bonus with new Lifetime ISA

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 2016 Budget shocks Britain by including a sugar tax

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

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

George Osborne to axe the Money Advice Service in the Budget 2016

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

George Osborne lifts thousands out of 40p tax, freezes petrol duty and cuts business rates

George Osborne today finally offered relief to the middle class after six years of pain as he announced the 40p income tax threshold would rise to £45,000 next... read more

George Osborne will say Budget 2016 will see beer tax frozen after 3 year reduction

Beer tax frozen despite hopes of a cut: Chancellor to say £4bn hole in public finances has prevented him from reducing the tax again George Osborne will today ... read more

DAN HYDE: Use the Budget to scrap all tax on our savings

Blimey, the tax office really has got itself into a terrible mess over George Osborne’s savings revolution. The changes don’t even kick in until next month,... read more

Interactive Budget map reveals the top-searched issues across Britain

The top-searched issues ahead of tomorrow’s Budget are revealed by MailOnline today.   An analysis of the most searched Budget topics over the past year... read more

David Cameron’s ‘Help to Save’ scheme was ‘Labour’s idea’, party claim 

Prime Minister David Cameron said the new help to save policy in Wednesday’s Budget was part of his ‘all out assault on poverty’ David Cameron... read more

Business calls for £1.6bn rates boost from the Budget

Businesses are urging the Chancellor to deliver a radical overhaul of business rates in this week’s Budget to save firms a massive £1.6 billion over the next... read more

George Osborne at risk of breaching his deficit target for 2016

Chancellor George Osborne can only borrow £7billion in February and March if he wants to stay within his borrowing target for the year  Chancellor George Osbo... read more

Budget 2016 blues for George Osborne as Deficit reduction target in trouble

Record tax receipts helped public finances to their largest January surplus in eight years, it was revealed today – but this might still not be enough to ... read more

How mortgages work: Your essential guide to paying for a home

Houses are expensive. The average home in the UK costs £268,000, according to the Office of National Statistics – and that’s almost ten times the a... read more

BBC viewers face more repeats due to corporation’s budget changes

Viewers are facing the prospect of yet more TV repeats under cost-cutting changes at the BBC. A raft of measures to cut the corporation’s massive budget is ex... read more

Why shopping at Aldi may only save you £5 a month: Meagre savings because middle-class still only do part of the shopping at budget retailers 

Middle class shoppers switching to Aldi and Lidl are only saving £5 a month on groceries, figures show. The average customer of the budget chains is spending Â... read more

Police must merge 43 forces in England and Wales to cope with budget cuts

Police forces will have to merge to cope with having their budgets slashed by up to a quarter, senior officers have warned. The existing 43 forces will have to ... read more

Now police won’t visit even if your home was burgled because of budget cuts

Chief Constable Sara Thornton (pictured), the £252,000-a-year head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said burglary victims should no longer expect poli... read more

Inheritance tax Budget reforms a boon to retirement apartment builders

Inheritance tax Budget reforms a boon to retirement apartment builders By Laura Chesters For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 26 July 2015 | Updated: 22:16 ... read more

Defence budget ‘widened’ to hit Nato’s 2% target

Michael Fallon effectively admitted to ‘creative accounting’ yesterday in a bid to comfortably hit the Nato target of two per cent Michael Fallon ef... read more