40 h. ago Aviva staff land £58,000 Christmas jackpot as shares surge under boss Amanda Blanc

Workers who entered a five-year 'save as you earn' scheme shortly after Blanc became boss saw it vest earlier this month in time for Christmas.

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2 w. ago Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years with almost 2,000 dead since January

Almost 2,000 lives have been lost since January due to a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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2 w. ago Reeves’ salary sacrifice changes to hit 3.3mn pension savers

HMRC data points to impact of UK government’s crackdown on tax advantages of workplace schemes

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2 w. ago 3.3m pension savers facing hit with salary sacrifice changes

HMRC said an estimated 7.7 million employees currently use salary sacrifice to make pension contributions.

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2 w. ago Why workers earning £52,000 will be the hardest hit by tax raids

Analysis shows that those on middle incomes are set to be worst hit by Rachel Reeves' plan to charge National Insurance on pension contributions over £2,000 per year.

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2 w. ago Why workers earning £52,000 will be worst hit by changes to salary sacrifice from 2029

Analysis shows that those on middle incomes are set to be worst hit by Rachel Reeves' plan to charge National Insurance on pension contributions over £2,000 per year.

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3 w. ago NHS boss reveals up to 8,000 people will be hospitalised with flu by next week

Sir Jim Mackey tells NHS England board meeting that flu patients will take up between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds every day amid worst flu season on record

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3 w. ago NHS emergency care crisis laid bare: 2025 set to be worst year on record damning figures show, as Labour is accused of being in 'total denial'

Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to October after medics decided they were so sick they needed to be admitted to a ward.

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3 w. ago How a 1p pay rise can now cost you £38,000: We reveal the outrageous Budget tax traps you may have missed... exactly who is worst hit based on salary and what you must do

Half a million people will be stung for the first time by outrageous traps in the tax system that punish workers for getting a pay rise.

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4 w. ago Anyone earning under £35,000 given new £200 warning by experts

Workers earning under £35,000 could lose take-home pay due to frozen income tax thresholds extended for three more years, Resolution Foundation analysis warns

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4 w. ago Rachel Reeves confirms £2,000 cap on salary sacrifice pensions from April 2029

Rachel Reeves' Budget introduces a £2,000 annual cap on salary sacrifice pension contributions from April 2029, with amounts above this losing National Insurance exemption

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4 w. ago Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage

Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raiseMillions of low-paid workers in the UK are to get a pay rise of 4.1% next year, as Rachel Reeves confirmed that minimum wage rates will go up as part of the government’s ambition to improve living standards.The national living wage will rise from £12.21 to £12.71 an hour from April for over-21s, which the government said would increase the annual earnings of about 2.4 million workers by £900.A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde and Pippa Crerar. On Tuesday 2 December, join Crace, Hyde and Crerar as they look back with special guests at another extraordinary year, live at the Barbican in London and livestreamed globally. Book tickets here Continue reading...

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