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What you need to know about Your First Home scheme for first-time buyers
Chancellor fleshes out details of scheme unveiled last month to help 70,000 households on to the property ladderBudget 2026: key points at a glanceIncome tax: How much more will you pay?Nils Pratley: Labour’s modest rehe...
Budget winners and losers: pensioners and households gain as banks and betting shops hit
How the Burnham government’s first attempt to ease cost of living pressure pans out for key stakeholdersBudget 2026: key points at a glanceEvery budget has its winners and losers, and John Healey’s first as chancellor wa...
Capital gains tax incentive may benefit but ‘disrupt’ professional services sector
The new capital gains tax incentive Chancellor John Healey unveiled in his Budget may benefit LLP firms in the professional services sector if they qualify, but it also risks disrupting partner dynamics within the firms....
Income tax: Healey’s budget leaves thresholds frozen again. How much more will you pay?
Tax policy means freezes reduce take-home pay as earnings rise in line with inflationIncome tax thresholds are set to remain frozen after John Healey’s first budget as chancellor.One of the biggest tax rises in recent ye...
Budget 2026: Healey reduces threshold for Business Asset Disposal Relief
Chancellor John Healey has confirmed that he will reduce the threshold for Business Asset Disposal Relief in Capital Gains Tax. Healey lowered the threshold for business asset disposal relief (BADR) in capital gains tax...
Budget 2026: Healey reverses Reeves’ cash Isa cut
John Healey has scrapped plans to slash the cash Isa allowance in his maiden Budget, ending the controversial measure introduced by his predecessor. Healey has confirmed the ceiling on the savings product will remain unc...
Budget 2026: Poorest pensioners shielded from income tax
Chancellor John Healey has confirmed he will shield low-income retirees from income tax as the state pension is set to rise above the personal allowance threshold next year, in a move expected to cost the government arou...
London to get Bakerloo Line extension and Euston upgrade in devolution push
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan will be handed powers to deliver the Bakerloo Line extension and a huge upgrade to Euston station as part of the government’s push for devolution, City AM can reveal. Under new plans to allow...
Autumn Budget 2026: cash ISA U-turn is a backwards step for Britain’s investment future
Protecting an incentive to keep money sitting in cash is a failure of ambition to stimulate growth, says Michael Healy Britain needs more investors, but the Chancellor has chosen to reward people for keeping their money...
Bafta trustees may have broken charity law by accepting free guest tickets
Chair of membership council says legal advice obtained at own expense suggests offences could have been committedBafta trustees may have breached charity and company law by accepting free tickets for guests at the organi...
Healey’s cash Isa reversal plans spark City row
John Healey’s reported plans to reverse the cut to the cash Isa ceiling in his maiden Budget have sparked a row across the City, as banks and brokers butt heads over the end of the controversial measure introduced by his...
Healey poised to overturn cut to cash Isa allowance in first budget
Chancellor’s predecessor Rachel Reeves had planned to reduce allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 a year from April Business live – latest updatesWhat to expect from the budget: who wins, who pays?John Healey is to use his...
Protecting pensioners from income tax is unfair to workers
As Chancellor John Healey prepares to raise the tax-free allowance for pensioners, exempting them from income tax while keeping working-age allowances frozen creates an unnecessary and unfair divide, says Matthew Bowles...
Budget 2026: Lifetime ISA withdrawal fine axed for homes above £450,000 in major MSE win – plus First-Time Buyer ISA launch confirmed
Budget 2026: Cash ISA limit to STAY at £20,000 for under-65 – as plans for 'starter investment ISA' announced
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