budget 2017

Blog

"For real change, Universal Credit doesn't need tinkering with - it needs a complete overhaul."

Changes to Universal Credit are welcome but they don’t go far enough

Blogs

"The Conservatives will be left looking for manifesto gimmicks to get them over the line – of the sort that Hammond has delivered, five years too early, and six months too late"

Hammond’s manifesto – five years too early, six months too late

Blog

"There was hardly a word about the people at the sharp end of the housing crisis"

It didn’t take long for social housing to fall back off the agenda

Comment & Analysis

Concerns around casual labour are leading to a more sophisticated understanding of employment

Budget 2017: Hammond is surprisingly thoughtful about the nature of work

Comment & Analysis

Hammond had to contend with the National Insurance U-turn fiasco from his spring statement

Budget 2017: Brexit has taken Britain’s eyes off the ball

Blog

Stephen Barclay, Liz Truss, Mel Stride and Andrew Jones leave Philip Hammond with his red box outside 11 Downing Street this morning.

Budget 2017: Hammond paints a portrait of despair

article

"They refuse to acknowledge the problems working class people of this country face day in, day out"

Budget Tories out of touch once again

Featured

Defeat for Environment Bill amendment restricting lead ammunition

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Featured

"The BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award celebrates those coaches that go over and above their duty to help our sport flourish"

“Inspiring” Lawrie Stewart wins BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award

In his fourth year as a BASC shotgun coach, Lawrie Stewart overcame strong competition to win BASC’s Shotgun Coach of the Year award at this year’s Midland Game Fair.

Latest articles

Blog

"May's cruel streak could create many enemies on the backbenches"

Week in Review: May’s cruel streak on show over Hammond affair

The budget fallout shows the prime minister is either irrelevant, weak or cruel

Opinion

"We urge the Government to change the way it makes tax and budget decisions to reduce taxpayer confusion"

National Insurance U-turn shows why Budget ‘rabbits’ are a bad idea

U-turn over the National Insurance increase for the self-employed shows what can happen when Chancellors pull ‘rabbits’ out of the hat on Budget day

Opinion

"We hope the slimming down of the Budget will enable HMRC and the Treasury to step off the policy treadmill and spend more time working on the overall health of the tax system."

Slimline Budget can help tax system get fit for purpose

Opinion

"We also need to fully understand just how big an industry construction is and what it supports in order to get a fuller picture about productivity"

Education and skills critical as CIOB responds to Chancellor’s Budget

Opinion

"Such a move by the Government to tackle pension liberation schemes is understandable."

More safeguards needed in Chancellor’s move against overseas pension schemes

Opinion

"We are dismayed that responsible organisations that use their own rooftop solar are still facing an extreme business rate rise of up to 800% from April."

Silence from Chancellor leave rooftop solar facing unprecedented business rate hike

Opinion

"It’s a shame the Government are letting this relief lapse."

Disappointment at disappearance of Disincorporation Relief

Opinion

"The CIOT argues that the system for exempting from tax employees’ employment expenses and certain employer-provided ‘benefits’ needs to be simplified"

CIOT welcome government moves to simplify and update approach on employee expenses

Opinion

"This will be a valuable boost for many low earnings families whose children travel between 2 and 15 miles to reach their selective school."

Free school transport welcome, but watch the cliff edges

Opinion

"We strongly hope that the Budget announcement on strengthening consumer protection will include putting tax refund companies under the spotlight."

Help for consumers must include clampdown on copycat tax refund companies, say the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group

Opinion

"These measures seem to come at a cost to existing recipients of foreign pensions"

Extra costs in store for recipients of foreign pensions

Opinion

"The Chancellor also announced that an advisory panel of industry experts will be established to ensure appropriate scrutiny of options."

Oil and gas review “encouraging” for North East economy, say tax professionals

Opinion

"The delay should also allow time for HMRC to ensure that the new system is properly tested and fine-tuned"

LITRG welcome one-year deferral of mandatory digital reporting for small businesses

Opinion

"The Treasury has stated that under these changes only the self-employed with profits above £16,250 will pay additional NIC."

All change for self-employed National Insurance contributions

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