Total tax take soars to £310.9bn

The latest figures released by HMRC show tax take from April to August 2022 totalled £310.9bn, £31bn higher than in the same period in 2021. Two of the main drivers behind this increase are income tax and inheritance tax receipts. Tax receipts from income tax, capital...

Energy bill relief for businesses announced

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has outlined the Government's plans to cut energy bills for businesses. Under the new energy bill relief scheme, wholesale prices will be cut in an effort to protect non-domestic energy customers from soaring energy costs. Wholesale...

Mini budget expected for next Friday

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to give a "fiscal statement" on Friday 23 September. The mini budget will likely deliver some of the tax cuts promised during Liz Truss's Conservative leadership campaign. The Prime Minister pledged to scrap the rise in National...