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October 2018

Income tax cuts will be brought in a year earlier than planned and an extra £1 billion spent to help protect those moving onto universal credit, as part of the 2018 Budget unveiled by the Chancellor Philip Hammond.
30 October 2018
The financial watchdog has fined an insurance company £5.2 million due to failures in handling mobile phone insurance claims and complaints.
30 October 2018
Most people will pay less income tax from next April after the personal allowance and higher rate tax thresholds were both increased in the Budget – but higher earners will see part of the gain cancelled out by stealth rises to national insurance. 
30 October 2018
Stealth changes to national insurance thresholds, which were buried in yesterday's Budget, mean higher rate tax payers won't gain as much as first thought.
30 October 2018
Nottingham Building Society has launched a new market-leading online easy-access savings account, paying 1.55% interest on £1,000 or more. 
29 October 2018
The national minimum wage paid to workers aged 25 or over will rise from £7.83/hour to £8.21/hour next April, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced today.
29 October 2018
The minimum amount you can save in Premium Bonds will be cut to £25, and people other than parents and grandparents will be able to gift bonds to children, the Chancellor has announced.
29 October 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announce a review of the laws governing wedding venues in England and Wales, which could allow couples to tie the knot in the open air.
29 October 2018
First-time buyers in shared ownership homes will pay zero stamp duty on the first £300,000 of any home that costs up to £500,000 with immediate effect, the Chancellor has announced. The change will be retrospective back to the last Budget (22 November 2017).
29 October 2018
The Royal Mint will produce a 50p coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union, which will be available from spring 2019. 
29 October 2018

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