6 h. ago Fury as UK council spends £200,000 reprinting tax bills due to minor typo

Bristol City Council dispatched 239,143 letters last month to clarify a "typographical error" on this year's council tax bills - despite the mistake having absolutely no effect on the amounts households are required to pay

Economics

16 h. ago Rachel Reeves claims she wants to cut our bills but this is the hidden tax experts tell me is coming

Thank goodness energy and climate secretary Ed Miliband is out of the country for a while, heading up the UK's delegation at the COP30 climate talks in Brazil .

Economics

22 h. ago Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report

The proposed regulations tack on to the tax relief laid out in the president’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Act

Politics

29 h. ago Pensioners face £2,500 tax bills under potential Income Tax plans

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be considering raising income tax, in a move that would hit millions of pensioners - and some could face bills of up to 2,500

Economics

30 h. ago Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

Economics

49 h. ago Council tax bombshell: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

Economics

55 h. ago Council tax: thousands may not have to pay under new charity bill payment reduction campaign

The charity is urging local councils to act with compassion to support families 💛

Economics

61 h. ago Fury as council chief executives to pocket pay hikes of up to 23% after cuts to services

EXCLUSIVE: Council umbrella group COSLA recently agreed to back recommendations that will see CEOs pocket huge rises.

Politics

4 d. ago Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin warns that the price of a pint could rise once again

Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin warns that soaring wage bills and tax rises will force him to charge you more for your pint, with recent hikes hitting pubs far harder than supermarkets

Events

4 d. ago Online calculator reveals how much YOU'RE overpaying on your household bills

Nine out of 10 UK households pay more than they need to on their bills - often due to 'loyalty tax' which sees long-standing customers charged more than new ones.

Economics

4 d. ago Bella Culley arrives back in the UK with her mother after pregnant Brit 'drugs mule' was freed from Georgian prison

The suspected drugs mule, 19, flew in from Tbilisi after spending five months in jail following her arrest for smuggling £200,000 of marijuana and hashish from Thailand to the ex-Soviet state.

Events

5 d. ago SNP ministers may be forced to slash public spending or hike taxes due to UK Budget 'hard choices'

The Fraser of Allander Institute estimated a 2p rise in UK income tax could cut Holyrood’s budget by £1 billion due to the fiscal arrangements between Holyrood and Westminster.

Politics

6 d. ago Fury as council force Remembrance Sunday volunteers to fork out £1,000 to pay for a parade 'safety escort' through quiet village

Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire told disappointed volunteers of the parade for the villages of Billington and Langho it could not authorise the event over safety concerns.

Economics

6 d. ago Fury as London council plans to open libraries just four days a week in 'salami slicing' budget cuts

Hackney Council planning to reduce opening hours for its eight libraries due to ‘severe’ budget cuts

Politics

6 d. ago DWP breaks down Pension Credit barriers to help people claim £4,300 boost

A successful new claim for Pension Credit can unlock access to help with housing costs and Council Tax bills.

Economics

6 d. ago Families will pay nearly £600,000 in income tax over their lifetimes, new figures reveal

FAMILIES will pay nearly £600,000 in income tax over their lifetimes, new figures reveal.  They will cough up £571,740 — part of a £1.28million lifetime tax bill once VAT, national insurance and other levies are included.  TaxPayers’ Alliance chief executive, John O’Connell, claimed most households were now “tax millionaires” after unveiling his group’s research findings....

Economics

7 d. ago Million Brits facing Council Tax hike as Rachel Reeves could double some bills

Plans could see bills for a Band G home jump from £3,800 to £7,600 and Band H properties soar from £4,560 to £9,120 - but some bills could rocket to £10,800 a year

Economics

7 d. ago Rachel Reeves’s 5% VAT cut on electricity bills will backfire, experts say

Critics believe cut would mostly benefit better-off people with larger homes and increase carbon emissionsProposals being considered by Rachel Reeves to cut tax on electricity bills will backfire, experts have warned, resulting in a giveaway to richer homeowners and undermining the UK’s climate commitments.The chancellor is understood to be looking at plans to eliminate the 5% VAT charge on electricity bills as a fast and simple way to reduce bills for consumers and ease the cost of living pressures that have aided the rise of Reform UK. Continue reading...

Science

7 d. ago A MILLION families 'face having council tax DOUBLED' as Rachel Reeves looks to squeeze billions of pounds more out of every middle earner at Budget

Rachel Reeves is said to be looking at dramatically hiking the charge for the top bands amid a welter of measures to squeeze more out of the 'wealthy'.

Economics

8 d. ago Fury as London council plans to open libraries just three days a week in 'salami slicing' budget cuts

Hackney Council planning to reduce opening hours for its eight libraries due to ‘severe’ budget cuts

Politics