3 h. ago London visitors to pay tourist tax under Rachel Reeves Budget plans

Rachel Reeves, who is set to deliver her Budget on Wednesday, has signed off measures that will give English cities and regions the power to charge tourists

Economics

5 h. ago What to expect in budget 2025: tax, VAT, pensions, savings and more

Here’s what Rachel Reeves is tipped to announce after months of speculationCould you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget gameEvery chancellor likes to float ideas before a budget to test how they might land with the public.However, the sheer volume of policy ideas floated – and in some cases quickly jettisoned – through the media in the run-up to Wednesday’s Westminster set-piece has set Rachel Reeves’s second budget apart. Continue reading...

Economics

5 h. ago Cash Isa limit cut may not encourage people to invest, finance expert says

Reports suggest that the annual cash Isa limit could be reduced to £12,000 in the Budget.

Economics

8 h. ago Here’s what you could do with your money after cash ISA cut in Reeves’s Budget

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

Economics

12 h. ago Rachel Reeves ‘set to deliver big blow for savers in Budget as she eyes up Cash ISA cut’

RACHEL Reeves is set to slash Cash ISA allowances in a big blow to savers, a report claims. The Chancellor is expected to cut the amount savers can stash away tax-free into Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £12,000 per tax year, according to The Financial Times. Earlier reports suggested Reeves was planning to slash the...

Economics

20 h. ago UK economy is already reeling after months of Chancellor's chaos, economists warn as Rachel Reeves 'set to unveil series of badly designed tax rises' that will damage growth

Experts warned that months of speculation fuelled by Treasury leaks and the Chancellor herself has 'flatlined growth', with investors, consumers and homebuyers all delaying key decisions.

Events

20 h. ago Rachel Reeves set to cut annual cash ISA limit to £12,000 in Budget

The chancellor is set to lay out her highly-anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Economics

22 h. ago Now Reeves hits prudent savers: As she prepares £15billion welfare splurge, Chancellor is to slash the annual cash Isa from £20,000 to £12,000

In a major blow to millions of hard-working savers, the Chancellor will significantly cut the annual £20,000 cash Isa tax-free allowance to £12,000, it emerged on Monday.

Economics

29 h. ago Rachel Reeves to cut annual cash Isa limit to £12,000 in Budget

Move comes as UK government attempts to funnel more cash into London-listed stocks

Economics

29 h. ago Cash Isa limit could be cut in the Budget... but 70% of Britons don't invest outside of their pension

A quarter of people say they think investing is too risky, with a further 15% not knowing how to start and 12% saying they don't have the rime to do proper research.

Economics

32 h. ago Autumn Budget 2025: Live updates as Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to hit Londoners with tax rises

A ‘mansion tax’, income tax threshold freeze extension and pay-per-mile levy for electric vehicle drivers are among the measures the Chancellor is expected to announce

Economics

35 h. ago Budget 2025 latest: Rachel Reeves set to hit thousands of properties with new mansion tax

Chancellor to unveil series of measures in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Economics

36 h. ago DWP PIP, Universal Credit Budget 2025 payments update as Rachel Reeves set for increase

Chancellor is reportedly aiming for a £6 billion increase in payments to those on benefits, full details

Economics

44 h. ago Rachel Reeves 'can't tax her way to growth', warns head of CBI as Chancellor set to raise taxes to highest level in modern history

In a last-ditch plea ahead of Wednesday's Budget, the head of Britain's biggest business group will warn the Chancellor: 'You will never be able to tax your way to growth.'

Events

60 h. ago Drivers could face 3p pay per mile charge despite new £3,750 announcement on EVs

Rachel Reeves is set to formally announce the news in the Budget on Wednesday

Economics

2 d. ago Major boost for commuters as rail fares frozen for first time in 30 years

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to freeze rail fares at the Budget, saving existing rail passengers £600 million in 2026/27, across more than a billion train journeys

Politics

4 d. ago Use our income tax calculator to see how the Budget could affect YOU

HOUSEHOLDS may have been spared by an income tax hike, but there are still plenty of other ways YOUR pocket could be picked in the Budget. A stealth tax raid expected to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget next Wednesday is set to hammer households. Millions of workers and pensioners face being...

Economics

6 d. ago London tourist tax: West End chiefs back fixed rate as 5% would put £11.50 a night on average hotel stay

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to give Sir Sadiq Khan and other mayors the power to impose a tourism levy

Economics

7 d. ago Autumn Budget: What it could mean for savers and is cash ISA limit being cut?

Rumours have been rife for several months now, that the cash ISA limit could be targeted by the Chancellor, who is under pressure to encourage people to invest in the stock market

Economics

7 d. ago Rachel Reeve's ‘milkshake tax’ could hike these drinks prices

Rachel Reeves is set to announce what may be the presumed "milkshake tax" in an effort to fill her £20 billion budget 'black hole' after she reverses her decision to increase income tax

Economics