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On 23 January 2024, data from the Office for National Statistics indicated government borrowing in December 2023 was almost £5bn lower than had been forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Borrowing for the nine months up to December 2023 was £119.1bn, £11.1bn more than during the same period for 2022, but lower than the £123.9bn ...
Autumn budget 2024: 8 predictions to watch out for – from winter fuel to inheritance tax. Kate Devlin. Updated October 30, 2024 at 4:20 AM.
She is the first woman to present a UK Budget, marking the Labour Party's first Budget in over 14 years. It covered Labour's fiscal plans, with a focus on investment, healthcare, education, childcare, sustainable energy, transport, and workers' rights enrichment. The National Minimum Wage is set to increase by 6.7% (reaching £12.21 per hour ...
In its report, published at the same time as the autumn statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) concluded the UK had entered a recession after experiencing two quarters in which the economy had shrunk. While predicting an overall growth of 4.2% for 2022, the OBR forecast the economy would shrink by around 1.4% during 2023.
Rachel Reeves Budget measures mean that by 2028 weekly wages will have grown by £13 pounds over the last twenty years, an economic think-tank has said.. The Resolution Foundation has warned that ...
The most recent budget was presented by Rachel Reeves on 30 October 2024. The UK fiscal year ends on 5 April each year. The financial year ends on 31 March of each year. Thus, the UK budget for financial year 2021 runs from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 and is often referred to as 2021–22.
The general recent trend for mortgage rates has been downward following the highs experienced two years ago in the wake of former prime minister Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]