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Rishi Sunak: What to expect from budget with Victoria Scholar Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info This recognition of the danger hints at fiscal restraint when he unveils his Budget and spending review on Wednesday. “The risk of inflation and interest rates is one that we can see already today, and there might be other things that we don’t know about,” Mr Sunak told Times Radio, during one of three interviews on Sunday ahead of the budget release. Related articles Rishi Sunak’s 55% ‘horror’ Budget pension tax attack will hit YOU The most common Will writing mistakes READ MORE Free NHS prescriptions for over-60s axed. …

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Rishi Sunak: What to expect from budget with Victoria Scholar Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Victoria Scholar, head of investment at wealth platform Interactive Investor, said Sunak has to balance the books after spending more than £108 billion over the last 12 months, lifting total public sector net debt to £2.2 trillion. “The Chancellor would love to cut taxes instead of raising them, but his hands are tied.” Here are his most likely targets. Related articles Capital gains tax may more than DOUBLE in Wednesday's Budget. Act now Rishi Sunak’s 55% ‘horror’ Budget pension tax attack will hit YOU Capital gains tax. Sunak's …

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has rejected fresh pleas to provide help for people who were not eligible for the government’s coronavirus support schemes. He was under renewed pressure to revisit the schemes after campaigners delivered a petition signed by more than 250,000 people including 220 MPs from all major parties. Excluded UK, an umbrella organisation of advocacy groups behind the petition, estimates there are three million people with no access to the furlough scheme or similar forms of aid. Many are newly self-employed workers and small business owners who face a choice between scraping through the crisis unaided or giving up on their enterprises to qualify. Freelancers do not qualify if they have been self-employed for less than one tax year, while directors of small businesses are not allowed to do any substantial work if they furlough themselves. Chancellor Sunak was asked about the campaign by SNP MP Alison Thewliss while appearing before parliament’s …

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Rishi Sunak will ‘make himself available’ to be PM says expert Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info UK households were warned last month that the energy bills crisis could go on for another 18 months and could see more suppliers go out of business. Consumers are facing one of the steepest bill increases on record this winter after the regulator lifted the maximum level of its energy price cap from October 1 to reflect surging wholesale market prices. But energy bosses fear that the cap, which changes every six months, will not keep pace with the fast-rising market and could cause more suppliers to fold under an unexpected £4billion bill for the industry. …

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Jonathan Van-Tam says 'no time to delay' over Omicron variant Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Prime Minister resisted the urge to fully implement his Covid winter ‘Plan B’ on Saturday, but could this be partly because he doesn’t want to cause friction within his own cabinet? In the past, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has clashed with Mr Johnson over the impact restrictions could have on the UK economy. Related articles Brexit LIVE: EU deal about to be CRUSHED? Judgement day in court Jonathan Van-Tam to give Covid briefing amid Christmas lockdown fears Over the weekend, the PM held a Downing Street press conference where he …

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Rishi Sunak ‘is extraordinarily articulate’ says John Curtice Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak unveiled his Budget today, but taxation was not a prominent feature of his new economic plan. He announced that the minimum wage will rise, Universal Credit recipients will receive a boost and warned of four percent inflation going into 2022. Some experts have warned that reforms to wealth taxes could be on the horizon, but they remained unscathed in today's announcement. Many have suggested that capital gains tax could be aligned with income tax. Nimesh Shah of Blick Rothenberg told Express.co.uk that it will not be aligned with …

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Rishi Sunak grilled by host on UK's productivity investment Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The brutal takedown came as the Sky host produced a damning graph which showed Britain's productivity over the last 11-years has shown little sign of change despite claims made by successive governments. Related articles Rishi Sunak to unveil £700 MILLION fund to fight illegal immigration Rishi Sunak's £500m family package isn't enough says sector chief Mr Phillips said: “The IFS estimates that over the past 10-years we have spent £39.5 billion in adult training and skills." The Sky host then shows the Chancellor a graph that hit home …

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Rishi Sunak’s Budget tax cuts for two million people come into force today (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster) Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Chancellor said his Budget tax cut for two million people ‑ coming into force today ‑ is a first step that shows the country can have “confidence” in his determination to ease the financial burden on millions of households feeling the cost of living squeeze. “Actions speak louder than words,” he said, adding: “I mean it and I’m already getting on and delivering it.” Related articles Grassroots Conservatives turn on Boris and pick surprising successor EU tries to ban the word Christmas as it's 'offensive' He …

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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson are working ‘tirelessly’ together (Image: Dan Kitwood/Getty) Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Speaking to the Daily Express, the Chancellor dismissed suggestions that Number 10 and the Treasury are at odds over taxes and insisted he was working “tirelessly” with the Prime Minister. He also brushed aside a recent anonymous briefing, said by some to come from within the Treasury, calling for “serious changes” in the Prime Minister’s office. Related articles Grassroots Conservatives turn on Boris and pick surprising successor EU tries to ban the word Christmas as it's 'offensive' Asked about his relationship with the …

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Rishi Sunak praised the Daily Express for standing up for pensioners (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Studios/Future Publishing/Getty) Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Chancellor said the Treasury will ensure the payments keep pace with any surge in inflation for the one year that the link with earnings is stopped. And he praised the Daily Express for standing up for pensioners on the issue. Related articles Grassroots Conservatives turn on Boris and pick surprising successor EU tries to ban the word Christmas as it's 'offensive' “Pensions will go up by inflation and when I talk to people that's the thing that they're most worried about,” he …

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