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Chancellor’s £430m tax sting for shops – on same day that he offers a lifeline By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 The Government will this week try to halt a massive £430million tax refund to shop owners – at the same … Read more
Furious backlash over Chancellor’s £2.7billion tax raid on small firms By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:45 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 07:46 GMT, 2 March 2020 There was a furious backlash last night against Government plans for a £2.7billion raid on small and medium-sized businesses. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is proposing to … Read more
Propping up the bar at the Brewery Tap pub in the Hertfordshire village of Furneux Pelham, I see that a quiet revolution is taking place. After handing over my debit card, I am presented with a foaming pint of the local Mad Squirrel Sapling ale – along with four crisp £20 notes. I am raising … Read more
Boris Johnson will spend more than Tony Blair if Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget pushes figure above £1trillion, analysis shows Boris Johnson will splurge more than Tony Blair did during his decade in power Government expenditure set to rise to 40 per cent of gross domestic product Increase would lift annual expenditure above £1trillion within four … Read more
Chancellor Sajid Javid last night announced that this year’s Budget, postponed ahead of the December election, will be held on 11 March. While much of the focus has been on the tearing up of Treasury rules and measures to try and ‘level up’ the rest of the country, there are a number of tax changes … Read more