The Latest Breaking News from National Insurance

London and South-East hit with record £100billion income tax grab as changes bite

EXCLUSIVE: Londoners paid £59.3billion to the Treasury annually and South-East residents £41.4 billion, according to HMRC figures

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2024

Rishi Sunak's election challenge underlined as 9/10 voters think finances getting worse or no better

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Most people are still not feeling enough improvement in their personal finances’ - Gideon Skinner of Ipsos

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024

Jeremy Hunt gets £12billion more 'headroom' so could slash another 2p off National Insurance, says IFS

But the leading economists warn against the move as public services desperately need more funding

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024

Hunt’s £20 billion Budget shortfall leaves scrapping national insurance for the birds, warns the IFS

Top economist Paul Johnson says both Tories and Labour need to be more transparent about painful choices ahead

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

‘We deserve better’: what the papers say about Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

UK front pages are split in their verdicts, with some calling it ‘desperate’ and others declaring the economy ‘ready for take off!’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2024

Budget key points: What did Jeremy Hunt announce?

A National Insurance Cut and ‘British ISA’ were among the headline measures

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2024

Budget 2024 LIVE: Chancellor has ‘national credit card maxed out’ amid 70-year high tax burden, Labour says

Sir Keir Starmer has rubbished Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget as the “last desperate act” of the “failed” Conservatives as he says the UK is shouldering the highest tax burden in 70 years.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2024

UK housebuilding slump eases; Treasury to regulate ESG ratings – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

The UK Hospitality Sector Is On The Brink Of Financial Collapse

Managers of hospitality businesses in the UK are calling on the government to recognise how the soaring energy and food prices have impacted the hospitable sector.

International Business Times UK · Feb 23, 2024

Jeremy Hunt shouldn’t cut National Insurance — he should scrap it entirely

City Voices: A single tax on income would be a much less deceptive way of raising revenue

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2024