Tag: Rachel Reeves
Pensioners could claim an extra £3,900 from DWP ‘with five-minute check’
The government is pressing ahead with controversial plans to change who receives the Winter Fuel Payment, which is worth between £200 and £300 per year …
Tax warning as couples urged to ‘transfer their money to partner’ before end of October
Tax and pension experts are warning people to take these extra precautions as a possible government tax raid looms. …
Wealthy workers face £80,000 hit to pension pot nest eggs in rumoured Labour raid
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is rumoured to be looking at scaling back rates of tax relief available on pension contributions made by people paid over £50,270 …
Rachel Reeves handed dire warning as budget rule change ‘risks higher interest rates’
The Chancellor is set to radically change the Government’s borrowing rules in the Autumn Budget to allow for huge public spending projects. …
Reeves forced to U-turn on key tax pledge as people refuse to pay in latest rookie error
Chancellor Rachel Reeves couldn’t wait to kick out the rotten Tories so she could have a go at running the Treasury herself. I bet she thought she’d be really good at it. Newsflash: she isn’t. …
Labour urged to launch council tax raid on homes over £320,000
Currently, council tax charges are based on house prices in 1991, which means they are out of date …
We’ll all foot the bill for Rachel Reeves’ latest monumental Budget tax raid error
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. One of Labour’s flagship tax hikes is going to cost the Treasury more revenues than it raises. Which is exactly what we’ve been saying for months. …
Pound soars to two-year high against dollar – but risks opening up a major problem for UK
The pound hit its highest level in more than two years against the dollar, but analysts have warned the surge risks damaging the UK’s international competitiveness …
The secret Labour tax bombshell nobody is talking about – aimed squarely at pensioners
We still don’t know which taxes Labour will hike in its autumn Budget, but one thing seems certain. Pensioners will bear the brunt of them. …
Rachel Reeves sent Budget raid warning over pensions, inheritance and capital gains tax
Experts at Hargreaves Lansdown have sounded the alarm over widely predicted wealth tax rises. …