Chancellor writes to BoE governor as inflation on course to hit 4%
Rishi Sunak uses today’s budget to reassure people worried by escalating global inflation, saying government is ‘willing to act’
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Rishi Sunak faces heat for tinkering with pension fees to fund infrastructure
Chancellor uses budget 2021 to propose changes to 0.75% cap on fund fees
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Budget 2021: How Rishi Sunak plans on delivering a ‘green industrial revolution’
Chancellor announced an array of initiatives to ‘build back better’ in Wednesday’s budget
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Budget 2021: UK freezes personal tax thresholds until 2026
Income tax, pensions lifetime allowance, IHT and CGT all hit by the move
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Budget 2021: Housebuilders and hospitality companies surge as Rishi Sunak extends SDLT holiday and freezes VAT
Persimmon, Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey lead FTSE 100 risers alongside Whitbread and IAG
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Budget 2021: UK GDP to return to pre-Covid levels by mid-2022
UK economy will experience ‘a swifter and more sustained recovery’ than previously predicted, according to OBR
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Budget 2021: Chancellor cushions blow of corporation tax hike with ‘super deduction’ break
Tax for the country’s largest businesses to rise to 25% from 2023
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Should Brits scramble to use tax allowances as budget looms?
Rumours that Rishi Sunak is prepared to tinker with inheritance tax and capital gains tax as well as scrap pensions triple-lock
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Chancellor’s time horizon for coronavirus impacts rubbished in Treasury select committee
MPs warned of ‘large numbers of people losing their jobs, hours being cut, businesses in trouble’
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Will there be fewer retail funds in the UK post Brexit?
A significant number are European domiciled and passporting is due to end in December
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Budget 2020 falls short on green initiatives
‘This was a progressive budget for society and the environment – but by no means a home run’
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Budget 2020: Chancellor warns coronavirus will have ‘significant impact’ on UK short-term
Rishi Sunak pledges £30bn of ‘extraordinary’ fiscal measures to address Covid-19 outbreak