All articles featuring 'The Budget'
Calls to extend stamp duty concession
30 November 2011The mortgage industry is disappointed the Government plans to end the stamp duty 'holiday' for first-time buyers
Autumn Budget Statement: Train fares to rise 6%
29 November 2011The Government will reduce the planned 8% hike in January to 6%. London tube and bus fares will also rise 6%
Autumn Budget Statement: January petrol duty rise scrapped
29 November 2011The price of fuel had been due to increase by 3p per litre on 1 January
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Autumn Budget Statement: Some benefits to rise by inflation, others cut
29 November 2011The Chancellor announced he will uprate some state benefits by inflation but scrapped other rises
Flat-rate state pension could be £155 a week
1 April 2011The Government is considering raising its suggested simpler state pension from £140 to take inflation into account
Budget 2011: What the massive tax shake-up means for you
23 March 2011The Chancellor today gave a helping hand to motorists and first-time buyers but hit others with tax rises
Budget 2011: Gift Aid charity giving system to be revamped
23 March 2011The Chancellor says the Gift Aid changes are the 'most radical reforms to charitable giving' for a long time
Budget 2011: Petrol duty cut and fuel stabiliser introduced
23 March 2011George Osborne said he will cut fuel duty by 1p today and will delay the planned rise next month of almost 5p per litre
Budget 2011: Tax and national insurance may be merged
23 March 2011Chancellor George Osborne said the Government will consider merging tax and national insurance
Budget 2011: Temporary boost for airline passengers
23 March 2011Chancellor George Osborne will delay the planned rise on air passenger tax by one year
Budget 2011: Income tax to fall next year but future less rosy
23 March 2011George Osborne said today that he will cut income tax in a year by increasing the personal allowance by £630
Budget 2011: £140 a week state pension planned
23 March 2011The Government will move towards a simplified state pension system, as widely expected
Budget 2011: First time buyers to get help buying new builds
23 March 2011Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed plans to help first time buyers get on the housing ladder with a £250m injection
Motorists call for £1 per litre petrol in Budget
17 March 2011The vast majority of drivers believe a litre of petrol should cost no more than £1, a poll of more than 14,000 shows
High earners given greater retirement options
15 July 2010The elderly will no longer be forced to buy an annuity, though lower earners may be best off with one, experts say
Home phone and broadband prices on the rise
Which? launches collective energy switching campaign
Retailers in extended warranty shake-up
Will the big freeze hit energy bills?
"Wish I'd been stupid enough to get PPI in the first place"
Surprise call from Ed Davey, Energy Minister – on collective switching
A warning to freelancers and the self-employed everywhere
A dragon in the Napoleonic wars
Student loans will be interest free for many 2012 starters
