All news on the topic: The Budget

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Budget expert warns cutting nurses' real pay will hammer morale and services
The Institute for Fiscal Studies delivered its scathing verdict on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget, warning that slashing public sector pay in real terms would have damaging consequences
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Universal Credit claimants can get £600 boost as savings scheme extended
The Help to Save scheme was set to end in September this year but will now be open until April 2025
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Jeremy Hunt's Budget slammed for helping the rich while poor continue to suffer
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget was hailed as a boost for families. But Mirror readers were left less-than-impressed that it offers little to ease our financial woes
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Keir Starmer brands Tories 'turnips' in savage Budget response - latest updates
Labour leader Keir Starmer skewered Jeremy Hunt's budget after the Chancellor made a series of reforms including to childcare and penions
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Martin Lewis shares verdict on Budget changes to childcare, pensions and taxes
Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has shared a video on social media to give a summary of Jeremy Hunt's Budget 2023 - addressing issues such as childcare, pensions and taxes
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Money experts give their verdict on Budget childcare, energy and pension changes
Dubbed the "Back to Work" budget, the Chancellor set out a number of major plans to help parents, older people and those off work with disabilities to return to work as well as announcements on benefits, pensions, petrol and pubs
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'Like all schemers, chisellers and scammers, Jeremy Hunt flattered to deceive'
To listen to the Chancellor you would be forgiven for thinking the Tories had successfully managed the economy for the last 13 years
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Use our Budget 2023 calculator to see if you'll be better or worse off
Mirror Money editor Levi Winchester rounds up all the key personal finance announcements that appeared in the Budget today so you can see how they will impact your wallet
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Jeremy Hunt confirms benefits shake-up for Universal Credit and disabled Brits
The Chancellor shared his "Back to Work" plan in the Spring Budget today announcing that the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for benefits will be scrapped
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Price of pint in pubs slashed by 11p - but cost in shops to surge from August
Alcohol duty has been frozen until August 2023 - at the same time, a new system for booze will take effect which taxes drinks according to strength
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Price of cigarettes to rise above £14 as tobacco tax hiked by nearly 15%
The cigarette levy is to rise by 12.7% in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) plus an extra 2% on top of this
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Fuel duty frozen for 13th year in a row - saving millions of drivers £100 a year
Fuel duty is included in the price you pay for every litre of fuel you buy, with the rate currently set at 52.95p-a-litre - the same level it has been since 2011
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Jeremy Hunt's awkward photo op blunder where people cringed over rude sign crop
Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil his first Spring Budget today - and he'll be hoping to get through it without any hiccups, unlike his past appearance at a Tory party conference
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Jeremy Hunt's odd blunder where he mistakenly called his Chinese wife 'Japanese'
As Jeremy Hunt announces the budget today, we look back at the time he made a bizarre blunder when he referred to his Chinese wife as "Japanese" while on a trip to China in 2018
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Energy help extended for three months - but millions will still see bills rise
The energy price guarantee had been due to rise to £3,000 in April, and the cost of scrapping the planned 20% increase will amount to around £3billion
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Jeremy Hunt urged to reward key workers in Budget amid tax breaks for the rich
In a bitter blow to those hoping for a helping hand as the cost of living crisis deepens, a source revealed there will be no cash for key workers in today’s Budget
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Small businesses call on Jeremy Hunt to save them from oblivion in budget
A study found that one in nine micro businesses fear they will be forced to close this year. Several owners tell us what they need to hear from the Chancellor
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What's top of your wish list for tomorrow's budget? Take our poll
Amid a backdrop of mass industrial action, sky-high inflation, and a cost-of-living crisis, Jeremy Hunt certainly has his work cut out for him ...
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Millions set for pensions boost as part of plans to get over-50s back into work
The lifetime allowance is currently set at £1.07million but could be increased to as much as £1.8million, in what is being seen as plans to get people working longer and to encourage over-50s back into work
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'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off rails like HS2'
Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?
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Labour warns Jeremy Hunt to resist 'siren' Tory calls to cut corporation tax
The Shadow Chancellor urged the Government to push ahead with lifting the tax on companies' profits from 19% to 25% when Mr Hunt delivers the Budget next Wednesday
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'Our nerves can handle no more - Jeremy Hunt must act now on energy bills'
The Tories continue to run the country making decisions at the 11th hour, says Paul Routledge, but the chancellor must act urgently ahead of the Budget to avoid a cliff-edge calamity
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'Let workers keep all of emergency cost-of-living payments', say company bosses
The Confederation of British Industry wants Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next month's Budget to make sure staff are not penalised if firms give them one-off payments
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Fears UK military too small to fight Russia as Germany asked to lead NATO force
Ministry of Defence sources suggest that Britain's military is not able to spare the 5,000 personnel needed to comprise a 'rapid-reaction force' tasked with repelling any potential Russian advance on NATO territory