The date for the UK Budget 2010 has been announced by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who said during a speech in London that it will take place on Wednesday March 24th.
The Budget speech comes at a crucial time for the UK both politically and financially and depending on the upcoming election result we could [...]

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The UK Budget 2010 announced for March 24th
John Williams - Wednesday 10.03.10, 12:55pm
Tags: Budget News · Finance News · UK economy
UK Bailed Out Banks Under Fire Over Loan Rates Rip Off
John Williams - Tuesday 09.03.10, 13:51pm
It is a very fine line to tread for the State Owned Banks, do they offer financial assistance in the form of mortgages at cut rates to lenders in a bid to re-vitalise the property market as requested of them by the UK Government, or should they protect the tax payers interest by offering deals [...]
Tags: Banking · Finance News · Interest Rates · Personal Finance · UK economy
FT Survey Says Bank Bonus Tax Could Reach £2.5billion
John Williams - Friday 05.03.10, 11:36am
A report conducted by the Financial Times suggests that the Chancellor Alistair Darling could be well off the mark when predicting that the UK’s one off tax on bank bonuses would bring £550million in to the Treasury during this financial year.
Instead the Financial Times report says that the 50% tax levied on bonuses over £25,000 [...]
Tags: Banking · Bonus Culture · Finance News · Income Tax · Tax and Duty · UK economy
UK Banks call for an end to cheque books
John Williams - Thursday 17.12.09, 13:00pm
The end is nigh for the humble bank cheque, after more than three hundred years as the payment of choice for many, banks are expected to vote to phase it out in favour of more up to date payment methods.
During the last forty years credit and debit cards have taken over from bank cheques for [...]
Tags: Banking · Credit Cards · Finance News · Personal Finance · UK economy
France announce ‘bank bonus tax’
John Williams - Wednesday 16.12.09, 12:46pm
France are to follow the lead outlined by the UK government in Alistair Darling’s recent pre-budget speech and introduce a special one off tax on banker’s bonuses for 2010.
French Finance minister Christine Legarde has said that a bill will be put before the French parliament in January that will commit tax bonus payments of over [...]
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