Rishi Sunak comes under pressure not to hike fuel duty amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each 

Don’t punish the truckers! Rishi Sunak comes under pressure from motoring groups not to hike fuel duty by 5p amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each Cross-party report says fuel duty hike would threaten UK’s post-Covid recovery MPs’ report says rise would add up to £2,250 a year to average haulier’s fuel bill  Fuel … Read more

Rishi Sunak comes under pressure not to hike fuel duty amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each 

Don’t punish the truckers! Rishi Sunak comes under pressure from motoring groups not to hike fuel duty by 5p amid fears it could cost hauliers £2k each Cross-party report says fuel duty hike would threaten UK’s post-Covid recovery MPs’ report says rise would add up to £2,250 a year to average haulier’s fuel bill  Fuel … Read more

Model-turned-publican Jodie Kidd urges Rishi Sunak to slash beer duty to save struggling pubs

Model-turned-publican Jodie Kidd urges Rishi Sunak to slash beer duty to save struggling pubs after Covid-19 lockdowns Jodie Kidd, 42, said Government ‘must act to help save pubs from the dire situation they face everyday’ The model has run The Half Moon pub in Kirdford, West Sussex since 2017  Chancellor Rishi Sunak is due to … Read more

Is the property market hanging by a thread as the stamp duty holiday ends?

Property sales that are worth £1.5 billion are at risk of collapsing unless the Chancellor can be persuaded to extend the stamp duty holiday. The staggering sum represents two-thirds of buyers nationwide who are in a chain where someone is dependent on completion before the March 31 deadline, according to lender Paragon. Rightmove says about … Read more

Stamp duty holiday extension: How likely is it?

Extending the stamp duty holiday by six weeks would save home buyers in England a further £1billion, according to new predictions. Pushing the cut-off date back from 31 March to mid-May would mean that between 120,000 and 160,000 additional property sales would be able to complete and save up to £15,000 on their stamp duty … Read more

Stamp duty holiday saves homebuyers a collective £5bn 

An estimated three quarters of a million home buyers are set to benefit from the Government’s stamp duty holiday, saving themselves nearly £5billion in tax. Around 740,000 people who agreed sales between May and December 2020 have either already taken advantage of the saving, or will do before the deadline, according to property portal Zoopla. … Read more

Rishi Sunak considers extending stamp duty holiday to prevent buyers dropping out of home sales

Rishi Sunak considers extending the stamp duty holiday to prevent buyers dropping out of home sales if they miss the March deadline The Chancellor fears transactions worth billions are at risk with current deadline He is considering extending the holiday until mid-May to help buyers The current March 31 deadline could cause a ‘completion trap’ … Read more

Pip Edwards indulges in $26 face mask as she enjoys a night of beauty duty

Pip Edwards indulges in $26 face mask as she enjoys a night of beauty duty following her split from Michael Clarke By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:30 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 14:30 GMT, 11 February 2021 She recently split with former cricketer Michael Clarke. And on Thursday, Pip Edwards let … Read more

Rishi Sunak urged to freeze fuel duty as petrol prices rise

Rishi Sunak urged to freeze fuel duty in the March Budget as cost of petrol at the pumps rises By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 10 February 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come under increasing pressure to freeze fuel duty again as the cost … Read more

‘Property levy’ to replace stamp duty and council tax shelved over fears it could cause higher bills

‘Property levy’ to replace stamp duty and council tax is shelved over fears it could lead to higher bills MPs were told a ‘proportional’ tax based on home values was under review in Jan Government now says there are ‘no plans’ on new form of annual property tax  It comes as study found it could … Read more