All news on the topic: Autumn Statement

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Exact amount benefits and state pension will rise by next year confirmed
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement today to confirm how much the state pension and some benefits, including Universal Credit, will increase by next April
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Jeremy Hunt's awkward photo blunder where people winced over unfortunate sign
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will unveil the Autumn Statement today with tax changes on the cards - and he'll be hoping he doesn't make an awkward blunder like he did at a past Tory conference
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Minimum wage and living wage to rise - see how much more you will get
The minimum pay rates - set to be shaken up in the Autumn Statement - are decided each year by the Government based on the advice of an independent advisory group, the Low Pay Commission
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Millions to get pay rise as new minimum wage announced - what it means for you
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced what the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage will be from April 2024 onwards ahead of the Autumn Statement today
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National Insurance tax explained - who pays NI and will it be cut today?
National Insurance contributions entirely depend on how much money you earn in work, and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt might be preparing an NI tax cut for workers in today's Autumn Statement
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Universal Credit to rise for millions in Tory Autumn Statement U-turn
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce Universal Credit and state pension rates as he unveils the Government's tax and spending plans in the Autumn Statement
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Families don't feel economy has 'turned a corner' despite Jeremy Hunt's boast
Fewer than one in six (16%) of voters think their personal finances will improve over the next six months as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to unveil the Autumn Statement
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Jeremy Hunt will unveil personal tax cuts in Autumn Statement tomorrow
Treasury minister Laura Trott said tax cuts announced in the Autumn Statement would include ones that help individuals, such as slashing income tax or national insurance
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Autumn Statement 2023 predictions from benefits to vaping - how it affects you
What time is the Autumn Statement 2023? Will the state pension increase, how will income tax and National Insurance rates change and will benefits such as Universal Credit rise?
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Tories must get 'serious' about mental health to sort jobs crisis, says Labour
Labour's Liz Kendall and Wes Streeting warned it would be 'unforgivable' for the Government to 'stand by and do nothing' about mental health in the Autumn Statement
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When is the Autumn Statement and what will Jeremy Hunt's speech mean for you
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement to Parliament on Wednesday with updates for households on taxes, pensions and benefits including Universal Credit
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Rishi Sunak who broke Tory pledge by raising taxes now says he wants to cut them
The Conservatives vowed at the last election that they would not raise national insurance, but Rishi Sunak hiked it as he took the country to its highest tax burden in 70 years
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Universal Credit raid plotted by Tories would hit millions - check your area
More than 125,000 families in Cabinet ministers' own constituencies will be £23.7million worse off if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt meddles with Universal Credit in Autumn Statement
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Britain has one of 'meanest' welfare systems in Europe, economist warns
The Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the country's welfare system is 'possibly the meanest in Europe in terms of how it treats the unemployed'
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Tory Jeremy Hunt confronted by Laura Kuenssberg over tax cut for richest
Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'
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Tory plot to move Universal Credit goalposts could cost families £500 a year
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is rumoured to be considering slashing the welfare bill by around £1.3 billion by not increasing benefits in the usual way
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Schools and hospitals to be 'starved of cash' if Tories cut taxes for richest
The TUC and Tax Justice UK have issued a last minute plea urging the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, not to slash inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday
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Pubs in Jeremy Hunt's own backyard warn they face crisis if he hikes booze tax
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut the duty charged on draught pints by 11p in August, but at the same time increased levies on all other alcohol by an average of 10.1%
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Tories plot inheritance tax giveaway for rich paid for by Universal Credit cut
The Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is said to be looking at plans to halve the 40% rate of inheritance tax as he prepares to unveil the Autumn Statement next week.
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Use Autumn Statement to pump cash into crisis-hit social care, Jeremy Hunt told
Almost a quarter of a million people are waiting to have their social care needs assessed - prompting calls for Jeremy Hunt to tackle the crisis in next week's Autumn Statement
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Britain warned Austerity 2.0 will see spending on public services slashed again
Ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, the Resolution Foundation said Whitehall departments are braced for cuts on the scale of those unleashed by George Osborne
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11 money changes coming in November including Autumn Statement and Ofgem update
From the Autumn Statement to the next Ofgem price cap announcement, November is set to be a busy month for personal finance news and updates - here is what you need to know
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Chancellor gets boost as government borrowing falls below expectations
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said public sector net borrowing stood at £14.3 billion last month, £1.6 billion less than a year earlier
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Children's charities warn Government to raise benefits in line with inflation
Children's charities have urged the Government to raise benefits at least in line with the latest inflation figures to help families whose finances are being 'pushed to the brink'
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UK economy 'heading for recession' as Chancellor faces 'horrible fiscal bind'
The UK economy is in a "horrible fiscal bind" as it heads for recession and with no room to cut taxes or increase public spending amid mounting political pressure on the Chancellor to do so, according to a report