Nov 25, 2019 | Current Affairs
The rates of income tax, national insurance and VAT will all be frozen in 2020/21, if Boris Johnson's Conservative Party forms the next government. Ahead of the general election on Thursday 12 December 2019, the Tories were the last of the major parties to reveal...
Nov 21, 2019 | Current Affairs
Around 1.6 million higher earners face the prospect of paying more income tax in 2020/21 if Labour forms the next government. Its manifesto announced the party's intention to raise income tax for those with salaries above £80,000 a year. The 45% rate of income tax...
Nov 14, 2019 | Current Affairs
Residential landlords fear the buy-to-let sector could become a political hot potato in the run-up to the general election on 12 December 2019. The buy-to-let sector experienced a post-recession boom, but its growth has been impeded by a raft of tax measures...
Nov 12, 2019 | Current Affairs
The UK economy has narrowly avoided slipping into recession in 2019, according to the latest quarterly GDP figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) claimed the economy grew by 0.3% in Q3 2019, following a 0.2% contraction at the end of Q2 2019. Two...
Nov 6, 2019 | Current Affairs
Employers that were braced to absorb substantial changes to the national living wage (NLW) in Budget 2019 have been handed a stay of execution. The Low Pay Commission has held fire on recommending future NLW rates beyond 2020/21 and urged caution over the Treasury...
