Tax
Car tax: green motoring just got more expensive as EVs lose exemption
Concern grows that people will be put off buying electric vehicles because most will also have to pay ‘expensive car supplement’
Shane Hickey
07, Apr, 2025 @9:30 AM
From hormone-treated beef to tech taxes: what’s at stake in UK-US trade talks?
Ministers are considering how to secure an agreement that might exempt Britain from Trump’s tariffs
Eleni Courea Political correspondent
03, Apr, 2025 @2:45 PM
‘It’s relentless’: Britons react to April bill rises amid Labour’s benefit cuts
Increases in council tax, energy and water come less than week after Rachel Reeves revealed raft of cuts to welfare
Jem Bartholomew
01, Apr, 2025 @4:00 AM
Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years
Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Edward Siddonsand Jon Ungoed-Thomas
30, Mar, 2025 @7:00 AM
Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom
Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers
Richard Partington and Jessica Elgot
27, Mar, 2025 @7:19 PM
‘Good chance’ Reeves will have to raise taxes in autumn budget, thinktank says – as it happened
Institute for Fiscal Studies also warns Reeves over her focus on sticking with fiscal rules regardless of real world events
Andrew Sparrow
27, Mar, 2025 @5:18 PM
Spring statement 2025: what does it mean for your finances?
OBR says average income of 3.2 million families affected by benefits cuts will drop by £1,720 a year in real terms
Hilary Osborne
26, Mar, 2025 @6:59 PM
Will Rachel Reeves’s tough decisions pay off? Our panel on the spring statement
The chancellor boosted defence spending while piling on further welfare cuts – all set against gloomy growth forecasts
Polly Toynbee, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Anna Landre, Jonathan Portes, Julia Davies, Mike Clancy and Fatima Ibrahim
26, Mar, 2025 @2:44 PM
Good morning Britain – prepare to be told yet again that decline is all you deserve | Owen Jones
It’s Groundhog Day: the party may change but even under Labour, the script remains stubbornly the same, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Owen Jones
26, Mar, 2025 @6:00 AM
Sobering news: pubs say average cost of a pint will rise above £5
Landlords are left with no choice to offset looming tax rises introduced by the chancellor, says trade body
Rob Davies
24, Mar, 2025 @12:01 AM
What new UK rules on pension inheritance may mean for you
Most workplace pensions will attract IHT from 2027, so older people should consider their options
Rupert Jones
22, Mar, 2025 @10:00 AM
Splashing the cash: how wealthy retirees are avoiding ‘inheritance tax raid’
Wave of spending is triggered by Rachel Reeves’s removal of IHT exemption on pensions from 2027
Rupert Jones
22, Mar, 2025 @10:00 AM
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