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As Tory Jeremy Hunt reportedly plots slashing benefits and cutting inheritance tax, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's plan to save working families up to £3,000 a year

Analysis claims cash has been washed down the plughole in failed projects and incompetence - including £15bn on duff Covid PPE and £2.3bn on the parts of HS2 Rishi Sunak abandoned

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

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.

Increases in the state pension, along with the freezing of the Income Tax threshold, means more women will be handed a small tax bill if they claim Marriage Tax Allowance

Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"

The government is considering a new tax on vapes 'as other countries have done' in a bid to curb youth vaping and slash the availability of e-cigarettes for children

When challenged, one firm that touted 13% annual returns admitted that investors' actual profit was 0%

Ministers are plotting a new tax on vaping to make it harder for kids to get their hands on e-cigarettes after countries including Germany and Italy introduced levies

Documents released alongside the King's Speech reveal the Government is considering a new duty on vape sales and a ban on disposable devices alongside a new cigarette ban

The head of the Spanish region which includes the Costa Blanca and towns such as Benidorm has said moves to make sure a tourist tax is never introduced are 'very advanced'

There are several legal ways you can avoid paying Inheritance Tax and one of the easiest ways you can reduce your tax liability when you die, is by gifting whilst you are still alive

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

According to the latest official figures from July to September this year, HMRC processed 18,851 tax refund claims with the average tax overpayment being £3,252

The government would have to increase spending by £142 billion per year up to 2030 'to stand still' thanks to the costs of an ageing population, a think tank has warned

AJ Bell says the increase is down to the 14 consecutive base interest rate rises from the Bank of England over the last two years - the rate currently sits at 5.25%

If you miss the self-assessment deadline, you will be charged a £100 penalty - even if you don’t have any tax to pay - so make sure you're on top of what you owe

The tax specialists at Cornerstone claim Peter isn't the only person who has paid stamp duty when they didn't need to and on average overpayments to HMRC currently sit at £27,000

According to the economics think tank The Growth Commission, Brits will be paying £75billion more in income tax from 2027/28 - this is equivalent to 9p more per person

If you think your kin are set to lose a chunk of money due to inheritance tax, you will be pleased to hear there may be a way around it - by sending them regular ‘gifts’ while you still live

British pubs need to be as busy as they are for World Cup games all year around if they are to survive a brutal new tax, industry experts have warned

Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group are due to update shareholders on their third-quarter earnings and outlook for the year

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

The German owner Deutsche Bahn secured the sale, understood to be worth around 1.6 billion euros (£1.4 billion), after lengthy efforts to offload the firm to reduce its debt

The cost of living crisis is already making life unmanageable, but thousands on low incomes face eye-watering monthly deductions, to correct errors made by government officials