Feb 22, 2024 | Current Affairs
The Charter Stakeholder Group's survey assessing HMRC's performance for the 2023/24 financial year has begun taking feedback. The survey maintains the same criteria as the previous year and invites participants to rate HMRC on a scale from 1 to 10 in several areas:...
Feb 21, 2024 | Current Affairs
The Government reported a significant financial surplus of £16.7 billion last month, which is over twice the surplus seen last January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This announcement comes just before the Chancellor's Spring Budget speech on...
Feb 20, 2024 | Current AffairsPersonal Tax
Almost all English councils intend to raise council tax to the maximum allowed without a referendum, as revealed by the County Councils Network (CCN). Of the 136 local authorities in England, 128 have proposed increases of at least 4.99% in April. Some councils facing...
Feb 19, 2024 | Current Affairs
The UK's economic growth is being hindered by a rising number of people unable to work due to long-term illness, exacerbated by factors like long Covid, NHS treatment delays and workplace issues. Last week's data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed...
Feb 16, 2024 | Current Affairs
In Q4 of 2023, the UK's GDP fell by 0.3%, exceeding the predicted 0.1% decline. This follows a 0.1% drop in Q3, marking a technical recession. The decline was attributed mainly attributed to the services sector (0.2%), manufacturing (1%), and the construction sector...
