4 h. ago New call for all people over State Pension age to get a Council Tax discount

An online petition is calling for State Pension incomes to be taken into account when calculating Council Tax bills.

Economics

4 h. ago Reeves says protections remain for ‘working people’ amid wealth tax speculation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the manifesto commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance and VAT still stood.

Economics

6 h. ago Retirement expert warns number of pensioners paying tax set to soar due to rising incomes

HMRC estimates nearly 9 million pensioners will pay tax for the current financial year.

Events

7 h. ago Tax rises: Freeze on income tax thresholds for millions left on table by Treasury minister Darren Jones

The Government has promised not to raise the ‘headline rate’ of income tax but has left open the possibility of freezing the thresholds for paying the levy

Politics

8 h. ago Treasury minister says ‘headline’ rate of income tax won’t go up, in hint thresholds might be frozen in budget – UK politics live

Darren Jones also declines to rule out wealth tax when questioned about government plansRecord-breaking extreme weather is the new norm in the UK, a report by the Met Office says. Damian Carrington has the story.Here is the Met Office summary. And here is the full report.The number of days with temperatures 5°C above the 1961-1990 average has doubled for the most recent decade 2015-2024 compared to 1961-1990. For 8°C above average the number has trebled and for 10°C it has quadrupled. This shows how the hottest days we experience in the UK have increased in frequency dramatically in just a few decades. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Income tax threshold freeze for millions beyond 2028 left on table by Treasury minister Darren Jones

The Government has promised not to raise the ‘headline rate’ of income tax but has left open the possibility of freezing the thresholds for paying the levy

Politics

9 h. ago Who will be hit by Labour's new wealth tax? Minister refuses to say as BoE warns firms are cutting jobs and hints interest rates will fall to prop up stalling economy

Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones dodged on what counted as a 'modest income' after promises that those workers would be protected.

Events

10 h. ago Minister wriggles on who will be hit by tax hikes as BoE chief warns firms are cutting jobs and hints interest rates will fall to prop up stalling economy

Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones dodged on what counted as a 'modest income' after promises that those workers would be protected.

Events

55 h. ago HMRC making big change to tax rules which will impact almost a million people

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax will be introduced from 6 April 2026 for self-employed individuals and landlords with income exceeding £50,000 in the previous tax year

Economics

5 d. ago Starmer opens the door for stealth tax extension as he tries to balance books

During a fiery PMQs, the prime minister ruled out increases to income tax, VAT and national insurance but could not answer questions on wealth taxes or a freeze on tax thresholds

Events

5 d. ago Carlo Ancelotti sentenced to one year in PRISON after failing to pay tax on his image rights during his first spell as Real Madrid manager

The Italian stood accused of deliberately misinforming the tax office during his first spell in charge of Madrid between 2014 and 2015 to avoid paying more than €1m (£833,000) in income tax.

Events

5 d. ago Starmer opens the door for wealth tax raid as he ducks questions at PMQs

During a fiery PMQs, the prime minister ruled out increases to income tax, VAT and national insurance but could not answer questions on wealth taxes or a freeze on tax thresholds

Economics

5 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer rules out income tax rise at PMQs before bidding to strike migrant deal with Macron

PM answering questions from opposition in Commons now

Politics

6 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The yelps of Tory mirth could have been the canned laughter they used on The Flintstones

Rachel Reeves could - arguably should - have been at the Commons despatch box to answer questions about her fiscal rules. Instead we had Darren Jones, Treasury chief secretary.

Politics

8 d. ago Picturesque Norfolk town fighting back against county's crackdown on second home owners by refusing to double council tax and impose strict rules on new builds

Wymondham welcomes outsiders with open arms - with the Tory council leader insisting they 'don't believe in tax for taxation's sake'. Businesses and locals said the income from visitors is 'obviously of benefit'.

Economics

8 d. ago Even poorest OAPs face paying income tax in new stealth raid on state pension

Millions of Britain's poorest pensioners face being dragged into an 'old-age tax trap' as Chancellor Rachel Reeves desperately attempts to fill a growing black hole in the public finances.

Economics

9 d. ago Raise taxes or this government will fail, Rachel Reeves’s former top adviser warns

Exclusive: Ex-Treasury minister Jim O’Neill has warned Reeves will have to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT to fill the £5bn black hole left by the welfare climbdown

Events

1 week ago Who’s really to blame for Labour’s troubles – Rachel Reeves or the invisible PM? | Gaby Hinsliff

The Treasury focuses on numbers when what’s needed is vision. The party and the country are crying out for leadership, but it’s nowhere to be seenShe is not the first chancellor to cry in public, and may not be the last. But Rachel Reeves is the first whose tears have moved markets. No sooner had the realisation dawned that she was silently weeping – over a personal sorrow she won’t be pushed into revealing, she insisted later, not a political one – as she sat beside Keir Starmer at Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions, than the pound was dropping and the cost of borrowing rising. The bond traders who forced out Liz Truss’s hapless chancellor still clearly rate her judgment and want her to stay, even if (perhaps especially if) some Labour MPs don’t. Yet it is an extraordinary thing to live with the knowledge that a moment’s uncontrolled emotion can drive up the cost of a nation’s mortgages, just as a misjudged stroke of the budget pen can destroy lives.The most striking thing abou...

Events

2 w. ago HMRC confirms over seven million people set to pay higher rate of income tax this year

Frozen tax thresholds have pushed people into higher brackets as their pay has increased.

Economics

2 w. ago DWP state pension payments to plummet as Brits born before 1959 set for 'bad news'

The DWP has issued a warning to those over the age of 66. Additional 420,000 pensioners are set to pay income tax this year, it has been warned

Economics