National insurance

Local election leaflets show Tory candidates are ‘ashamed’ to be associated with Boris Johnson, Labour says – as it happened

Angela Rayner says Tory candidates at the local elections ‘are trying to hide from their own government’s record’

Andrew Sparrow

04, May, 2022 @4:41 PM

National insurance rise forces UK employers to shoulder £9bn tax burden

Bosses say 1.25-point rise heaps pressure on firms already enduring soaring costs linked to Covid and Brexit

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

06, Apr, 2022 @9:30 PM

The Guardian view on tax and social care: an honesty deficit | Editorial

Editorial: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are using stealth and misdirection to dodge hard long-term policy challenges

Editorial

06, Apr, 2022 @5:31 PM

National insurance increase is right and fair, says Sajid Javid

Health secretary defends 1.25-point rise criticised for placing too much burden on lower earners

Kevin Rawlinson

06, Apr, 2022 @8:56 AM

‘Do you think people are stupid?’ MPs challenge Sunak over income tax cut planned for election year – as it happened

Latest updates: chancellor faces Commons Treasury committee amid criticism over his spring statement

Andrew Sparrow

28, Mar, 2022 @5:43 PM

The UK’s poorest people have been utterly abandoned by this ideological chancellor | Paul Kissack

He could have thrown them a lifeline. Instead, he is pushing thousands more into their ranks, says Paul Kissack of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Paul Kissack

25, Mar, 2022 @9:44 AM

UK’s most vulnerable face crunch as Rishi Sunak helps better-off

Chancellor responds to highest inflation in three decades with lower fuel duty and vow to cut income tax

Larry Elliott and Heather Stewart

23, Mar, 2022 @7:30 PM

The Guardian view on Sunak’s spring statement: a big cut in living standards | Editorial

Editorial: Reducing government borrowing while letting the poor go cold and hungry is not good politics or good economics

Editorial

23, Mar, 2022 @7:02 PM

Spring statement 2022: living standards ‘set for historic fall’, says OBR after Sunak mini budget – as it happened

Latest updates: higher inflation will lead to biggest fall in disposable income since records began in the 1950s, says Office for Budget Responsibility

Andrew Sparrow and Graeme Wearden

23, Mar, 2022 @6:28 PM

Rishi Sunak lowers fuel duty by 5p and promises income tax cut

In spring statement, chancellor raises threshold at which workers pay national insurance by £3,000

Larry Elliott and Aubrey Allegretti

23, Mar, 2022 @1:19 PM

UK inflation hits 6.2%, the highest level in three decades

February figure from ONS is higher than 5.9% predicted by economists, underlining cost of living squeeze

Larry Elliott and Richard Partington

23, Mar, 2022 @7:08 AM

What new measures could Rishi Sunak introduce in spring statement?

Chancellor is expected to announce support to help with the cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine