Hunt’s tax cuts are just traps for Labour March 6, 2024 Hunt's budget has done little to turn Tory fortunes around, but it will make Labour's job harder, writes John Oxley.
Spring Budget 2024: Changes to ‘unfair’ child benefit withdrawal for £50,000-plus earners March 6, 2024 Hunt said he will consult on moving the child benefit to a household-based system, which will be introduced by April 2026.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt confirms vaping tax and one-off tobacco duty hike to fund NI cut March 6, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the UK government will introduce a tax on vaping and e-cigarettes in a bid to raise the funds necessary for a two pence cut to National Insurance.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt extends windfall tax on oil and gas industry March 6, 2024 Hunt said that the energy price increases are likely to last longer and so too will the sector's windfall profits
Spring Budget 2024: British Savings Bond introduced to help investors ‘save for the long term’ March 6, 2024 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 Hunt said he would be making it “easier for people to save for the long term” through the introduction of the British Savings Bond, that [...]
Spring Budget 2024: Cash goes into plan to boost UK creative industries March 6, 2024 The Chancellor has announced a raft of tax relief changes for Britain's creative industries sector during his Spring Budget 2024 announcement.
Spring Budget 2024: British ISA unveiled to push UK retail investment March 6, 2024 The new ISA, which will be introduced after a consultation into the implementation, will allow investors to put an extra £5,000 into UK equities.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt cuts National Insurance by 2p – What does it mean for you? March 6, 2024 The move follows a reduction of the same amount in the Autumn Statement, meaning the basic rate will move down to eight per cent starting from April.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt poised to double AI funding through Alan Turing Institute March 6, 2024 Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a doubling of funding for the Alan Turing Institute, the national hub for AI, in his Spring Budget tomorrow.
Spring Budget 2024: What will markets look out for? Gilts, rabbits and cuts March 5, 2024 Given the state of the UK's public finances, investors may get jittery if Hunt pulls too many rabbits out of the hat.