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Rishi Sunak has confirmed that fuel duty will be frozen for a tenth consecutive year. The decision in today’s Budget means the tax paid on petrol and diesel will remain at 57.95p-a-litre, as has been the case since 2011. As a result, the tax currently accounts for around 47 per cent of what drivers pay … Read more
BUDGET 2021 AT A GLANCE: The key points from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:40 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 13:04 GMT, 3 March 2021 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak got to his feet in the House of Commons shortly after 12.30pm to deliver the crucial … Read more
BUDGET 2021 AT A GLANCE: The key points from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:40 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 12:40 GMT, 3 March 2021 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak got to his feet in the House of Commons shortly after 12.30pm to deliver his crucial … Read more
Contactless shoppers could potentially have to key in their Pin more often to prevent fraud when the tap and pay limit is more than doubled to £100 later in the year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce the contactless limit for credit and debit cards will be increased from £45 in the Budget, to allow retailers … Read more
BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it? Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more
BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it? Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more
Rishi Sunak faces a delicate balancing act when he delivers his second budget as Chancellor today. He risks a backlash if he hikes taxes too quickly, but is also under pressure to indicate how he plans to plug the vast hole in the nation’s finances. It is expected that many Covid support measures, such as … Read more
Cars with petrol and diesel engines waste hundreds of times more raw materials than an equivalent electric vehicle, according to a new study by a green campaign group. Over the course of a fossil-fuel car’s lifetime it burns through the equivalent of a stack of oil barrels 25 storeys high, while electric vehicles waste only … Read more
Popular Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague broke advertising codes last year after running a competition on social media, the official watchdog has ruled. The influencer was subject to backlash after she entered just 25 of the two million names that took part in the competition into a random generator to find a winner. This is … Read more
Thousands of Britons are complaining to the Financial Ombudsman Service about being mis-sold unaffordable guarantor loans, new figures reveal, as Payment Protection Insurance was finally dethroned as the most complained about financial product. Complaints about PPI numbered 6,679, meaning it was not the most complained about product in a three-month period for the first time … Read more