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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
Pensioners were the big losers from today's Budget, with the news 4.4 million will pay more tax from April 2013, at an average loss of £83 each per year. This has been dubbed the new 'Granny Tax'.
21 March 2012
Every taxpayer is to receive a personal statement spelling out what the Government is spending their tax on.
20 March 2012
Motorists whose car tax is up at the end of this month should renew before next week's Budget to ensure their rates don't rise.
13 March 2012
Lenders and estate agents say the Government could have helped first-time buyers by extending their stamp duty 'holiday' in yesterday's Autumn Budget Statement.
30 November 2011
Regulated rail fares will rise by 6% in the new year, not the expected 8%.
29 November 2011
The Chancellor has announced he is scrapping the 3p fuel duty rise scheduled for early next year in a bid to help hard-pressed motorists.
29 November 2011
Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by the planned 5.2%, in line with September's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure.
29 November 2011
The Government is considering raising its suggested flat-rate state pension from £140 to £155 a week, it is claimed.
1 April 2011
The Chancellor today gave a helping hand to motorists and first-time buyers but hit others with tax rises.
23 March 2011
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