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.
Families receiving tax credits won't be hit as hard as expected after the Chancellor today announced a U-turn on one of the major proposed cuts in the Summer Budget.
'Road tax' rates are to be shaken up for new cars from 2017, while a new 'Roads Fund' is to be established so money raised in England will be spent on maintaining and upgrading roads in the country.
Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.
Millions get an income tax cut over the next few years as the Chancellor is to bring forward planned increases to both the personal allowance and the higher rate tax thresholds.
8 July 2015
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