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Low and middle income earners received a boost today as Chancellor George Osborne revealed the personal tax allowance will rise for the under 65s, but pensioners will lose out.
21 March 2012
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Benefit recipients could lose a combined £10 billion by 2016, the Chancellor announced in today's Budget.
21 March 2012
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Property buyers who purchase homes worth over £2 million will have to pay a significantly higher rate of stamp duty.
21 March 2012
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Some drivers will have to change or quit their jobs if August's planned fuel duty increase goes ahead, an AA/Populus survey showed today.
21 March 2012
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Smokers will be hit by higher prices as the Chancellor announced increases in tobacco duty in today's Budget. Meanwhile, the price of alcohol will rise next week.
21 March 2012
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Anyone who earns over £150,000 a year will pay less tax from next year, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
21 March 2012
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Chancellor George Osborne is poised to water down plans to strip higher earners of child benefit, it was reported last night.
5 March 2012
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Petrol prices are set to reach an all-time high, piling pressure on Chancellor George Osborne to cut fuel taxes.
2 March 2012
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Chancellor George Osborne insists that he will go ahead with controversial plans to axe child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers.
13 January 2012

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