London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Labour’s tax increase will not strike workers’ payslips, the UK education secretary has pledged. Bridget Phillipson expressed that the tax rises being prepared by Rachel Reeves would not impact employees’ take-home pay, as ministers struggle to define
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A £500 million Budget cash boost will pay for 5,000 affordable houses to be constructed, Rachel Reeves has reported. The funds for the Affordable Homes Programme will be a portion of a scheduled £5 billion investment designed
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stated that “main taxes on working people” will not increase in the Budget. The reassurance came a week before Reeves delivered her first Budget, and the first delivered by a woman. Labour pledged
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As part of the UK’s green energy targets, more than 1,000 new homes will be built across northern Scotland. SSEN Transmission, a subsidiary of the electricity company SSE, has marked a deal with local councils and housing
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to hit aristocrats and other rich property owners with a £1 billion inheritance tax raid in her Budget. Rachel Reeves is peeking at reforming business relief, a loophole which permits the
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows to create a tax system that keeps wealth creation and investment but cautions decisions will ‘not always be easy’ The Chancellor has given the clearest indication yet that businesses will face a hike
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – London Stansted has announced details of a £1.1bn investment programme to expand passenger numbers to 43 million a year and expand the number of destinations it flies to. The centrepiece of the five-year program is a £600m
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – The Tories have cautioned that Labour will be culpable of breaking its manifesto promise on taxes if it enhances employers’ national insurance (NI) contributions in this month’s Budget. The assertion from shadow work and pensions secretary Mel
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Unions are urging UK ministers to undo “years of damage to the housing sector” by the prior Conservative government and honour its commitment to tackling the housing emergency by presenting a form of rent cap. Steve North,
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Strategies to broaden access to a new type of pension scheme permitting savings to be pooled have been set out by the UK Government. Collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes have the prospect of delivering trustworthy returns
