Rishi Sunak is accused of ‘hidden NHS spending cut’: Day-today spending will amount to £30bn less because budget doesn’t include extra cash to deal with non-Covid care Documents show cuts of £30 billion at the Department for Health from April NHS England sees funding fall from £147.7billion to £139.1billion from next year OBR chief: ‘No … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously thought. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, then … Read more
The five-year freeze on income tax in yesterday’s Budget has been blasted as a ‘stealth and wealth tax’ which will drag 2.3 million workers into higher tax brackets. Rishi Sunak’s decision not to raise income tax and National Insurance thresholds will amount to a pay cut in real terms for millions of hard-working, middle-class families. … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously thought. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, then … Read more
Britain is set for a summer spending splurge after Rishi Sunak today extended the discount 5% VAT rate, meaning consumers are set for cheaper coffee, meals out and staycations. The super-low rate will carry on until September, the Chancellor announced in his Budget today, then move to 12.5 per cent until April 2022 before returning … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… Rishi Sunak’s Covid budget By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:56 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 4 March 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Rishi Sunak today sparked fears of a future return to lockdown after he extended the furlough scheme to the end of September and announced grants for the self-employed will also continue. The Chancellor used the Budget to confirm that furloughed workers will continue to receive 80 per cent of their wages for the next seven … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget today: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously though. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, … Read more
The colossal economic damage inflicted during the pandemic will have to be paid back by ‘many governments, over many decades’, Rishi Sunak has admitted. In an hour-long statement to the Commons, the Chancellor yesterday revealed that the Government has borrowed a record £355billion this year – which at 17 per cent of UK national income … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget today: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously though. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, … Read more