How Rishi Sunak can raise revenues without wrecking the Covid recovery

Rishi Sunak’s £400bn balancing act: With the Budget fast approaching, here’s how the Chancellor can raise revenues without wrecking the Covid recovery By Douglas Mcwilliams Founder Of The Centre For Economic And Business Research Published: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 The last new tax proposed by an economist … 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

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

Rishi Sunak says his daughters’ role model is Oxford vaccine scientist Sarah Gilbert.

As Margaret Thatcher famously said: ‘If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.’ Away from the politics, the infighting and the competitive glory, women have been the quietly effective heroines of the pandemic. Prime among them is Dr Sarah Gilbert, who first cracked the Oxford vaccine. Typically, … Read more

Is Rishi Sunak planning a stealth raid on incomes?

Is Rishi Sunak planning a stealth raid on incomes? Chancellor looks at freezing allowances and scrapping increases to pay thresholds in next month’s Budget Chancellor believed to be considering freezing personal income tax allowances  Looking at axing planned increases to the £12,500 and £50,000 thresholds  Move would mean tens of millions paying more and bring … 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

Rishi Sunak ‘is plotting £6billion stealth tax raid’

Rishi Sunak ‘is plotting £6billion stealth tax raid by freezing personal allowances in next month’s Budget’ Chancellor may abandon rises to £12,500 and £50,000 income tax thresholds This could see millions of Britons paying higher tax rate on more of their income  Treasury insider working on March 3 Budget described move as ‘quite logical’  By … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘is plotting £6billion stealth tax raid’

Rishi Sunak ‘is plotting £6billion stealth tax raid by freezing personal allowances in next month’s Budget’ Chancellor may abandon rises to £12,500 and £50,000 income tax thresholds This could see millions of Britons paying higher tax rate on more of their income  Treasury insider working on March 3 Budget described move as ‘quite logical’  By … 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