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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

George Osborne’s ‘living wage’ means councils face extra £1 BILLION budget cut

Councils face a £1billion a year increase in their wage bills because of George Osborne’s ‘living wage’ pay hike, Town Hall chiefs claimed to... read more

BUDGET 2015: Winners and losers from George Osborne’s reforms of inheritance tax, minimum wage and pensions

Wednesday’s Budget rolled out big reforms – of inheritance tax, the minimum wage and pensions. In this must-read special report, The Mail on Sunday’s ... read more

George Osborne and his 13m Budget losers as families to lose £260 a year

Thirteen million families will lose an average of £260 a year thanks to George Osborne’s decision to freeze working-age benefits, independent experts said la... read more

Treasury at war over £39b tax grab as George Osborne’s Budget transforms pensions

Radical plans to axe up to £34billion worth of annual tax perks on pension pots has triggered a fierce row within the Treasury. Branded risky and short-sighted... read more

George Osborne’s Budget has given the taxman powers to raid your accounts

The taxman has been given sweeping new powers to raid bank accounts and cash Isas to recover debts in a matter of weeks. Small print in the Budget papers shows ... read more

Summer Budget 2015 income tax changes at a glance: How much less will you pay from next April?

How much better or worse off will you be from April this and next year following the summer Budget announced yesterday? The Chancellor George Osborne tinkered w... read more

What the Budget dividend tax changes mean and 10 tips for minimising income tax

George Osborne revealed a shake-up in the way dividend income is taxed In the summer Budget yesterday.  All taxpayers will have a tax-free dividend allowance o... read more

Alistair Darling says Labour ‘in disarray’ by Budget 2015 and has no economic policy

Labour has been left in ‘complete disarray’ by George Osborne’s Budget, the former chancellor Alistair Darling has admitted. The Labour heavyw... read more

Budget 2015 to give HMRC power to raid current accounts and cash Isas

HMRC will be able to dip into individuals’ current accounts and savings held in cash Isas to recover tax debts from the autumn, it was revealed in yesterd... read more

Interest rates to be left on hold as policymakers weigh Budget plans

Bank of England policymakers chewed over George Osborne’s action-packed Budget today and assessed the state of the UK’s economic recovery in the fac... read more