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    • Friday, 22 March, 2024
      Inside Politics
      Rising UK tax burden lurks behind both Labour and Tory promises

      Jeremy Hunt’s reversal of HMRC plans to slash helplines reveals government’s reluctance to confront tough, unpopular choices

      Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
    • Friday, 22 March, 2024
      Investing in funds
      Isas: the nation’s tax-free favourite turns 25

      The tax-sheltered investment scheme provides a lifeline for millions of savers

    • Wednesday, 20 March, 2024
      Isas
      Cash Isas surge in popularity as interest rates rise

      Gap between top-paying bonds and Isas has shrunk

    • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
      Labour Party UK
      Rachel Reeves pledges to borrow only to invest under Labour fiscal rules

      Shadow chancellor’s plans met with scepticism from economists and dubbed too timid by union leader

      Rachel Reeves
    • Monday, 18 March, 2024
      UK tax
      Frozen fuel duty will cost UK Treasury £15bn by 2029, warns watchdog

      Rise in electric vehicles will hasten the collapse of the car tax base and erode fiscal headroom unless the levy is unfrozen

      The uptake of electric vehicles will cut the number of drivers paying at the pump
    • Saturday, 16 March, 2024
      UK economy
      Britain’s economic gloom has been overdone, says former UK Treasury official

      A Labour government could find itself with ‘more money’ than expected, says Lord Nick Macpherson

      Lord Nick Macpherson
    • Friday, 15 March, 2024
      Personal Finance
      Podcast: Beyond the Budget tax cuts

      Claer Barrett and guests on the FT’s Money Clinic show debate what the future could hold

      Claer Barrett, Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, FT reporter Rafe Uddin and Miranda Green, the FT’s deputy opinion editor
    • Friday, 15 March, 2024
      Helen Miller
      The non-dom tax debate has gone on for too long

      Jeremy Hunt’s new regime is a clear improvement — but the saga distracts from bigger public finance challenges

      Commuters in raincoats and carrying umbrellas are reflected in rain on London Bridge with a view of the Shard in the background
    • Thursday, 14 March, 2024
      Chris Giles
      Searching in vain for the Laffer curve boost

      Analysis of the UK Budget suggests revenue gains from tax cuts are vanishingly rare

      Arthur Laffer, referred to by UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt during his Budget speech
    • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
      UK tax
      Hunt says ambition to scrap national insurance could take ‘many parliaments’

      Labour claims policy is an irresponsible and unfunded tax reduction

      Jeremy Hunt at the Treasury select committee in London on March 13 2024
    • Monday, 11 March, 2024
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Time to fix Britain’s fiscal fiction

      The UK’s spending rules and procedures are not working

      A man in a suit holds up a red brief case as he stands beside several other people
    • Sunday, 10 March, 2024
      UK government spending
      Reeves warns of challenge facing Labour if party wins UK election

      Shadow chancellor says public services need more money and promises spending review once in office

      Rachel Reeves on the BBC on March 10 2024
    • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
      Andy Haldane
      Britain’s hunt for growth goes on

      The chancellor’s fiscal straitjacket meant there were few measures in the Budget likely to help an investment-starved economy

      Jeremy Hunt holds the red ministerial box as he leaves 11 Downing Street ahead of the Budget
    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      News in-depthUK Budget 2024
      Budget sparks confusion over tax policy for both Tories and Labour

      Ministers give mixed messages on national insurance while opposition finds revenue-raising ideas ‘nicked’ by chancellor

    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      Disrupted Times
      Biden touts success on economy as US presidential race heats up

      Also in this newsletter: US jobs figures fuel expectations of June rate cut, Spain’s ‘liquid gold’, science round-up

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    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      Camilla Cavendish
      This wasn’t a Budget to swing an election

      But there was one small glimmer of light in the chancellor’s NHS productivity plan

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Jeremy Hunt sitting on the red budget briefcase turned upright.
    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      News in-depthUK politics
      ‘Non-buzz’ Budget leaves Britain’s Tories deflated

      Cuts to national insurance fail to convince voters as opinion polls show Labour lead increasing

    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      News in-depthPersonal Finance
      Will the Budget leave you better off?

      Some property sellers and middle earners with children have reason to cheer, while holiday homeowners and ‘non-doms’ count the cost

      Illustration of woman opening Budget dispatch box and various things flying out - tax and scissors, aeroplanes, coins, a piggy bank and economic graphs
    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      UK Budget 2024
      Rich non-doms ‘dismayed’ by Hunt’s decision to end tax breaks

      Chancellor warned that abolition of the regime will lead to well-heeled foreigners leaving the UK

    • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
      UK local government finance
      Hunt pulls £200mn from councils after clawing back house sale funds

      Chancellor not extending letting English local authorities keep 100% of proceeds from Right to Buy

      Dollis Valley Housing Estate in north London
    • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
      UK Budget 2024
      Labour claims chancellor will create a £46bn fiscal hole with pledge to scrap NI

      Opposition party intends to go through ‘every pound’ in Tory spending plans to find savings

      Jeremy Hunt presenting the annual Budget statement in the House of Commons on March 6 2024
    • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
      News in-depthUK Budget 2024
      Pensioners and wealthy big losers from Tory government, say think-tanks

      Traditional Conservative supporters hit across current parliament despite boost for some in latest Budget

    • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
      What could the British ISA be worth?

      Very, very, little, says Citi

    • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
      Canary Wharf Group PLC
      Canary Wharf gains £118mn loan in Budget

      Chancellor announces £242mn for new homes and life sciences in east London financial district and Barking

      Aerial view of Canary Wharf
    • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
      UK Budget 2024
      UK growth prospects barely changed by chancellor’s tax cuts

      Fiscal watchdog’s forecasts at odds with Hunt’s assertion that his plans would secure ‘not just higher GDP but higher GDP per head’

      Montage of people walking to work in front of a growth graphic
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