Stocks to buy before the Spring Statement today
BAE Systems There is speculation the Chancellor will commit to higher defence spending in his statement, as war in Ukraine prompts governments worldwide to review their military…
Pensioners face biggest cut in state benefit in more than 40 years
British pensioners will suffer the biggest loss of income since 1980 and be among the hardest hit by the cost of living crisis, as the state pension…
Pensions stealth tax to cost savers £28k over their lifetime
Lower earners paying into their pension will lose out on more than £28,000 in tax relief over their lifetime because of a new income tax rate outlined…
House prices will jump £20k this year as boom lasts another 12 months
Six months ago, it had forecast growth in 2022 of 3.2pc. This would have meant a cash increase in 2022 of £8,800. Now, it expects homeowners will…
Money Makeover: ‘How do I invest my child’s £60,000 inheritance?’
Having brought up four of her own children, Pauline Stanley, 67, never thought she would become a parent again in her 50s. But 10 years ago, owing…
Questor: B&M’s low-price model and absence from the internet could hold back retail chain
Some investors may understandably conclude that shoppers are likely to trade down to cheaper options as they cut back on spending, which would be expected to benefit…
Two years ago Sunak boldly gave us furlough. Now he’s reduced to tinkering uselessly
The Chancellor’s policies will help people in the future, but not when help is needed, which is right now. He has the right ideas, the good headlines…
National Insurance calculator: threshold raised by £3,000 to £12,570 – here’s how much you will pay
How will it work? National Insurance rates will still increase by 1.25 percentage points for everybody from April, which is equivalent to a 10pc jump for many…
Spring Statement tax calculator 2022: work out your take-home pay
Chancellor Rishi Sunak amended his National Insurance tax hike and cut fuel duty for drivers in his latest Spring Statement, aiming to help families struggling with the…
‘I will never vote Tory again’: Chancellor’s promises fail to ease cost of living crisis
Russell Scobbie, 41, landlord of the Royal Oak in Guildford said he was disappointed at the lack of support to fight against rising energy costs announced by…
Winners and losers from the Spring Statement 2022 – and what it means for your money
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has delivered his Spring Statement to Parliament. How will it affect your finances? Will you end up richer of poorer? Here we summarise his measures….
Cut the cost of living: how to make lunch (with coffee) every day for £10 a week
By contrast, a 227g bag of Tesco Italian-inspired “Dark and Rich” blend ground coffee is £2.30 and gives you 30 servings, working out at just 7.6p a…
11 lazy ways to lose weight for a heatwave
Over the next week the forecasters predict temperatures will climb to an unseasonal 28 degrees. News of a surprise spring heatwave might have reached you as you…
Yes, the pandemic really has aged you (but here’s what you can do about it)
If you look in the mirror and those crow’s feet around your eyes seem a little deeper, the dark circles a little darker and grey hairs more…
Sarah Beeny: ‘Moving out of London was like jumping off the edge of a waterfall, but I don’t regret it’
Your worst characteristic? I can be impulsive. I lack patience and I get easily bored. I’m not a big fan of talking about things. I’d much rather…
How to create the cottagecore look in your garden in one day
There are many reasons to stake or support plants, and certain garden situations lend themselves to certain techniques and materials. Border supports Many border stalwarts have a…
Rishi Sunak is all over the place
Well, all that stuff about Sunak not wanting the Spring Statement to become a mini-Budget turned out to be a total smokescreen. Threshold changes to National Insurance….
Labour have no narrative to combat Rishi Sunak’s tax-cutting rhetoric
By an odd quirk of parliamentary procedure, it is the job of the Leader of the Opposition to respond to the Budget speech. Sir Keir Starmer will…
The Chancellor did what he could in the face of unprecedented challenges
Rishi Sunak opened the Conservative spring conference on Friday by noting that he was unable to solve every problem – but that he thought people respected honesty….
Lockdown was bad enough, but this one crazy rule could have made it even worse
The aim, apparently, was to reduce the risk of overcrowding in supermarkets and chemists. In the event, the proposal was rejected. Which is a relief. Because just…
Children must be at the core of the Covid inquiry
Two years ago today the shutters came down on our freedoms as the Government introduced the most draconian set of restrictions on personal liberty in peacetime. In…
Britain’s Centrist Dads are doomed to be wrong
I recently finished inhaling Andrew Roberts’s excellent biography of George III. In this bold, revisionist, meticulous account, King George emerges – unexpectedly – as an often courageous…
Welcome to Sunakland: a land of tax cuts, mad hatters and Ted Heath with an Instagram account
PMQs had unfolded like a contest designed to reveal which competitor dared to trample on parliamentary protocol most insouciantly. Sir Keir Starmer had scolded Boris Johnson for…
Rishi Sunak is creating a new Brownite poverty trap
Rishi Sunak used the expression “sharing the proceeds of growth” at least twice. Yes, reader, that is a refrain lifted directly from the Gordon Brown song book….
The Tories don’t deserve to survive if they keep treating their voters like fools
It is the first lesson of politics: don’t take your voters for fools. Don’t pretend to cut taxes when you are raising them. Don’t claim you are…