The Budget
Budget 2016: Cash ISA allowance up to £20,000 in 2017
Savers will be able to save £20,000 a year in an ISA from April 2017, Chancellor George Osborne has announced
16 March 2016
Autumn Statement 2015: State pension rates confirmed
Osborne also revealed that those who leave the UK for more than four weeks at a time will no longer get pension credit
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: Stamp duty hike on buy-to-let and second homes
People buying additional property face a 3 percentage point surcharge on stamp duty rates
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: Chancellor cancels planned tax credit cuts
The Government has today announced a U-turn on major tax credit cuts proposed in the Summer Budget
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: Compensation for 15-minute train delays planned
Commuters will be able to claim compensation for train delays of just 15 minutes, under new plans revealed today
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: ISA limits frozen
Today's Autumn Statement reveals the ISA, JISA and CTF thresholds will be frozen next year
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: 'Homes to save £30 on energy bills'
The current Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme will be replaced by a new energy efficiency scheme from April 2017
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: What it means for you
Today's Autumn Statement saw a hidden retrospective hike in student loans repayments, a U-turn on cutting tax credits
25 November 2015
Summer Budget 2015: 'Road tax' rates to change for new car owners
'Road tax' rates are to be shaken up for new cars from 2017, while a new 'Roads Fund' is to be established in England
10 July 2015
Summer Budget 2015: HMRC to get powers to raid accounts for debts
Individuals and businesses who owe more than £1,000 to HMRC may have their funds raided for the money owed
10 July 2015
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Martin Lewis: What I asked the Chancellor to do when I spoke to him on Monday...
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Martin Lewis: Got a cash ISA? You should probably ditch it
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Press the rewind button and go way back to April 2015... Possibly on the telly in the corner of your living room, I was on-air at the time urging savers as usual to use their new tax-free cash ISA allowance – because 'money was nicer in an ISA'. But things changed in 2016. -
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Martin Lewis: Money and Mental Health charity 2021/22 – Covid & cost of living hell...
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