UK Finance News

The Chancellor George Osborne announced the 2011 budget yesterday and here is a round up of the key points from his speech that are likely to have the biggest impact on our personal finances. This information is kindly supplied by money.co.uk.
Tax
Income tax
* From April 2012 personal allowance will increase by £630 to £8105.
* This [...]

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The following ‘infographic’ is designed to look at the current extent of Britain’s debt and the effect that it is likely to have on all of us, highlighting the areas which will be worse off after the government spending cuts.
The information is supplied by money.co.uk and clearly illustrates how the rich and poor divide in [...]

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The hard hitting implications of today’s first budget announced by Chancellor George Osborne on behalf of the Coalition Government are clear for all to see, we were warned what to expect and the Chancellor has delivered.
But there are some areas of the budget that could stand the equity release sector in good stead for the [...]

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No-one could claim the UK coalition Government have had an easy time of it since forming their partnership, but one thing is certain-things are about to get a whole lot tougher, for all of us.
The Coalition has generally, so far been welcomed by the majority of public and businesses alike, but tomorrow Chancellor George Osborne [...]

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The new UK coalition government announced today that it would focus on reducing the record deficit running at 11% GDP as a priority during their elected term.
“The deficit reduction programme takes precedence over any of the other measures in this agreement, and the speed of implementation of any measures that have a cost to the [...]

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