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• Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks

  10-11-2025 22:54
  Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations
  
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• Cap on UK salary sacrifice benefits is ‘short-term’ choice, warn experts

  10-11-2025 19:51
  Employers may lower the amount they pay into staff pension pots
  
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• Leonardo warns future of UK helicopter plant at risk without £1bn contract

  10-11-2025 19:45
  Italian defence group’s comments come amid wider industry frustration over government’s approach to procurement
  
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• Higher UK dividend taxes risk hurting small business, wealth managers warn

  10-11-2025 19:22
  One think-tank calls for the basic rate to rise to 16.5%, which would generate an extra £1.5bn for the Treasury
  
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• Higher dividend taxes in Budget risk hurting small business, wealth managers warn

  10-11-2025 19:22
  Basic rate taxpayers with earnings from stocks and shares are currently charged an 8.75% levy
  
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• Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises

  10-11-2025 18:09
  Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
  
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• Shell abandons floating North Sea wind farm projects

  10-11-2025 13:21
  UK energy group to focus on potentially more lucrative activities such as power trading
  
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• David Lammy finally gets one thing right - and humiliates Keir Starmer again

  10-11-2025 09:09 via express.co.uk
  As a rule, Deputy PM David Lammy gets everything wrong.
  
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• DWP will give you extra £11,715 for 70 conditions – full list

  10-11-2025 06:59 via express.co.uk
  Anyone of any age can get paid up £11,715 if eligible through the DWP's IIBS benefits scheme.
  
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• HMRC sending out new tax codes to people with savings

  10-11-2025 06:24 via express.co.uk
  HMRC sends letters to workers with new tax codes all year round - with more money being taken back from your wages in future.
  
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• ‘We cannot survive — there is no new land.’ Why Scotland is not building enough homes

  10-11-2025 06:00
  Housebuilders want government to ease regulations and do more to help councils deal with acute shortage of planners
  
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• The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour

  10-11-2025 06:00
  In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
  
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• AI will lead one in four big UK businesses to cut staffing, research shows

  10-11-2025 01:01
  Junior roles most likely to be axed in the next year, according to a survey of British employers
  
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• HMRC probes Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital over pandemic-era taxes

  09-11-2025 23:01
  Investment company won £255mn contract for protective equipment from then Conservative government during Covid-19
  
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• Tax-free Personal Allowance increased to £20,070 for HMRC scheme households

  09-11-2025 19:00 via express.co.uk
  HMRC will give you a £20,070 allowance tax free legally if you submit a self-assessment tax return in this circumstance.
  
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• State pensioners issued warning over £10,000 savings limit

  09-11-2025 18:48 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners will start to lose a key benefit if they have more than £10,000 in savings.
  
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• Households told to avoid radiator mistake this winter that racks up bills

  09-11-2025 16:09 via express.co.uk
  A common mistake can drive up energy costs this winter.
  
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• DWP Secretary launches review to tackle 'silent welfare disease'

  09-11-2025 15:14 via express.co.uk
  Pat McFadden said rising youth unemployment and long-term illness had become a "silent welfare disease"
  
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• UK probes whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

  09-11-2025 14:44
  Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
  
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• UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

  09-11-2025 14:44
  Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
  
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• Older state pensioners can cut TV Licence bill to £0 in 16 minutes

  09-11-2025 12:52 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners can avoid the TV Licence fee which increased in April this year.
  
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• Older state pensioners given extra £422 per month from DWP

  09-11-2025 12:21 via express.co.uk
  Eligible pensioners can benefit from extra cash to boost their State Pension.
  
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• Households urged to claim £190 vouchers for nine supermarkets before Wednesday

  09-11-2025 11:48 via express.co.uk
  Eligible households can spend the voucher across nine major supermarkets, including Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
  
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• Whistleblowers could earn millions as HMRC targets tax fraud

  09-11-2025 06:00
  US-style incentive scheme expected to be announced at Budget later this month
  
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• Lloyds Bank’s landlord experiment starts to earn its keep

  09-11-2025 06:00
  Residential business owns almost 7,500 homes, a portfolio that people close to the company say is worth north of £2bn
  
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• Reeves’ salary sacrifice tax hit could dent savers’ confidence, experts warn

  08-11-2025 20:14
  Treasury plan to cap relief on pension contributions is set to raise £2bn a year
  
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• ‘Two up two down’ tax for state pensioners on table this November

  08-11-2025 19:45 via express.co.uk
  Labour could hit state pensioners with a tax increase which hits state pensioners, according to financial experts.
  
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• HMRC demand letters for people with £3,500 or more in savings account

  08-11-2025 18:56 via express.co.uk
  HMRC could send you a tax bill letter if you have as little as £3,500 in your savings account.
  
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• Tax-free Personal Allowance raised to £13,830 for ‘backdating’ households

  08-11-2025 18:10 via express.co.uk
  Some households can use a 'backdating' method to get a much improved £13,830 Personal Allowance tax-free.
  
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• Rachel Reeves' budget tax raid feared to cost 9 million pensioners £380 a year

  08-11-2025 17:13 via express.co.uk
  The move is predicted to raise more than £6billion a year.
  
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• HMRC urges people earning under £100,000 to ‘sign up’ for £2,000

  08-11-2025 15:53 via express.co.uk
  Eligible households can get up to £500 every three months from HMRC.
  
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• Number of top-rate taxpayers hits record 1 million due to frozen bands

  08-11-2025 15:38 via express.co.uk
  The 45% top rate of tax was introduced by the Tories in 2013 with a threshold of £150,000
  
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• Rachel Reeves ‘set to make huge change to pensions’ this month

  08-11-2025 15:14 via express.co.uk
  Tax rises are expected to be announced by the Chancellor in the autumn Budget in November.
  
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• Households handed £130 cost of living payment in November

  08-11-2025 13:02 via express.co.uk
  The payment will be issued to eligible households this month.
  
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• Tesco issues 3-week warning to all Clubcard holders

  08-11-2025 12:32 via express.co.uk
  The supermarket chain has issued an urgent message to customers.
  
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• Older pensioners weekly payment increase from DWP due next April

  08-11-2025 12:03 via express.co.uk
  Pensioners are set to receive a bigger than expected boost to payments in 2026.
  
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• Rachel Reeves faces backlash over potential pension plan

  08-11-2025 10:40 via express.co.uk
  Critics warn that any such move would "punish prudence"
  
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• Rachel Reeves to fulfil 50-year tax dream in Budget – and Labour will absolutely love it

  08-11-2025 09:00 via express.co.uk
  The Chancellor only pretends she doesn't want to hike our taxes.
  
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• More young adults to leave UK due to low salaries and rising tax burden

  08-11-2025 06:00
  Wealth managers issue warning as worries grow among people in their 20s over the economy and job prospects
  
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• More young adults to leave UK because of low salaries and rising tax burden, wealth managers say

  08-11-2025 06:00
  Warning comes as worries grow among people in their 20s over the economy and job prospects
  
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• More young adults to leave UK because of low salaries and rising tax burden

  08-11-2025 06:00
  Wealth managers issue warning as worries grow among people in their 20s over the economy and job prospects
  
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• More than 1mn paid highest rate of tax last year due to frozen thresholds

  08-11-2025 06:00
  Fiscal drag accounts for two-thirds of those paying the additional rate of income tax
  
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• Government should force Isa savers into UK stocks, says Martin Gilbert

  08-11-2025 06:00
  Revolut chair calls for curbs to cash Isa tax-free allowance
  
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• Lloyds Bank warning as people see money appear in accounts

  08-11-2025 04:02 via express.co.uk
  Lloyds Bank is urging people to stay vigilant
  
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• Reeves plans £2bn Budget raid on UK retirement savings

  08-11-2025 00:38
  Move would reduce tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes as chancellor aims to fill fiscal hole
  
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• The politics of breaking manifesto promises

  07-11-2025 19:50
  The history of politicians who go back on their words has lessons for Rachel Reeves as she mulls raising taxes
  
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• Income tax rise in manifesto’s ‘spirit’, say Labour figures

  07-11-2025 19:41
  Increase would be balanced out by national insurance cut, officials say, as Rachel Reeves prepares for Budget
  
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• Income tax rise in manifesto’s ‘spirit’ if offset by national insurance cut, say Labour figures

  07-11-2025 19:41
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned the UK that tough decisions are needed as Budget nears
  
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• It’s time to stop passing the parcel on welfare

  07-11-2025 17:17
  A lack of political will has turned the problem of too many out of work into a system that fails everyone
  
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• Political Fix: To tax, but who to tax, that is the question

  07-11-2025 16:38
  What are Rachel Reeves’ options?
  
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