The OBR has apologised after the unprecedented early release of its economic and fiscal outlook document ahead of the Budget.

New tax on £2m homes; mileage charge for electric vehicles; national insurance on salary sacrifice pension contributions ...

National Insurance thresholds have been frozen in the autumn budget, although some other changes will happen to NI as part of payment shifts.

The government has announced it will scrap the two-child benefit cap as part of its 2025 budget, lifting thousands of children out of poverty.

The confirmation the cap will be scrapped was immediately welcomed by organisations which have long campaigned for it to go.

Salary sacrifice cuts in the Budget see a cut on pension benefits, which some have dubbed a 'stealth tax rise in Employer National Insurance'.

A fire spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing 13 people and leaving others trapped inside, authorities said.

A KENDAL man verbally abused staff at a Carlisle bar after a row over him wanting to use a disabled toilet on the ground floor.

The policy would raise an estimated £4.7 billion in 2029/30 and £2.6 billion in 2030/31, an Office for Budget Responsibility document said.

A memorial bench that washed up on the Windermere shoreline last week has been reunited with the family of the man to whom it was dedicated.

It came as the UK’s official forecaster also reported that economic growth will be weaker than expected from 2026.