9 h. ago Save our family firms: Businesses bemoan 'minor tweak' that doubles IHT allowance to £2m for married couples but 'doesn't go far enough'

Businesses have bemoaned a 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax relief - doubling married couples' allowance to £2m - saying the change 'doesn't go nearly far enough'.

Economics

14 h. ago Martin Lewis gives Budget verdict and how new changes will impact your money

Rachel Reeves has announced the changes to this year's Budget, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

Economics

17 h. ago Major salary sacrifice change announced in Autumn Budget 2025 and how it will impact you

Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget has confirmed changes will be made on when earners pay national insurance on salary-sacrificed contributions

Economics

17 h. ago From mansion tax to cash ISA changes: Key announcements in Reeves’ Budget

The chancellor has unveiled £26bn worth of tax rises in the Commons as she attempts to plug a multi-billion pound gap in Britain’s ailing public finances

Economics

18 h. ago Farmers' protest LIVE: Arrests made as tractors descend on Trafalgar Square on Budget day

Farmers protesting against UK inheritance tax reforms were banned from bringing their tractors to the area

Events

18 h. ago Inheritance tax change announced as 'payments will be exempt'

Rachel Reeves confirmed the news during her Budget speech on Wednesday lunchtime

Economics

19 h. ago Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest

Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police

Events

19 h. ago The full list of tax changes the UK Government has announced

The UK Government has announced a host of changes to taxes that will impact people across the UK. The Budget shows tax increases which will raise £0.7 billion next year and £26 billion in 2029-30, which mean the OBR say "more than off setting the increase in spending by the final years of the forecast".

Politics

19 h. ago Farmers are arrested by police and led away in handcuffs as they defy Westminster tractor ban to protest over Rachel Reeves' budget

Agriculturists were banned from bringing their tractors amid protest plans against controversial UK inheritance tax reforms, known as 'family farm tax' ahead of Rachel Reeves' Budget,

Events

20 h. ago Autumn Budget 2025 LIVE as Rachel Reeves set to announce major tax and spending changes

The Chancellor will finally reveal her plans after months of speculation

Economics

21 h. ago Farmers protest LIVE: Tractors descend on Trafalgar Square sparking gridlock on Budget day

Farmers protesting against UK inheritance tax reforms were banned from bringing their tractors to the area

Society

22 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

Economics

23 h. ago Budget live updates as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces tax and spending changes

The Budget is coming at a crucial time for both Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer

Economics

23 h. ago Furious farmers defy tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest over Rachel Reeves' Budget

Furious farmers have defied the tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest against inheritance tax in Rachel Reeves' Budget. 

Events

25 h. ago Rachel Reeves says 'worse than we thought' as she says Budget is 'fair'

The Chancellor said the changes announced today are 'fair and necessary'

Politics

32 h. ago Farmers' fury as tractors banned from Budget day demonstration against Reeves' inheritance tax raid

Farmers planning a huge Budget day demonstration against the family farm tax tomorrow have been banned from bringing their tractors - prompting fury and accusations of two-tier policing.

Economics

38 h. ago Fifa announces major change to World Cup draw that could benefit England

The top-four teams in the world, Spain, Argentina, France and England, will be placed in opposite sides of the World Cup draw

Politics

45 h. ago Jacqui Oatley releases emotional statement as ITV lays off much

Jacqui Oatley has confirmed her departure from ITV Sport after the terrestrial broadcaster announced wholesale changes to its coverage of darts

Politics

45 h. ago Martin Lewis says 'don't put in another penny' ahead of Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce major changes at the Budget

Politics

46 h. ago Five Budget changes that could affect Scots when Rachel Reeves makes big announcement

The Chancellor will announce the long-awaited Budget on Wednesday.

Politics