The Budget

People who make extra cash by selling on eBay, renting a room out on Airbnb, or through odd jobs will benefit from two new £1,000 tax breaks from April 2017.

Motorists have been spared a rise in fuel tax after the Chancellor announced he would freeze the duty for the sixth consecutive year.

Those who enjoy fizzy drinks, cigarettes and wine will be hit by tax changes announced in the 2016 Budget – but taxes on cider, beer, whisky and other spirits have been frozen.

Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a new Lifetime ISA for the under-40s which will pay savers a 25% bonus on up to £4,000 saved per tax year.

The Money Advice Service – the official organisation created to offer consumers free advice on their finances – is to be replaced by a new "slimmed down" body under plans set out in the 2016 Budget.

Commuters will be able to claim compensation for train delays of just 15 minutes under plans announced in today's Autumn Statement.

The average household will save around £30 a year on energy bills from 2017 as a result of a shake-up of the Government's energy efficiency scheme, Chancellor George Osborne announced today in the Autumn Statement.

Savers hoping to be able to put more cash in an ISA from next April have had their hopes dashed as today's Autumn Statement reveals the annual threshold will remain the same.

The amount people get in state pension payments from next April has been confirmed by Chancellor George Osborne today, while he also revealed those who leave the UK for more than four weeks at a time will no longer receive pension credit or housing benefit.

People buying additional property, including buy-to-let or second homes, will face a 3 percentage point surcharge on stamp duty rates from April 2016.