Employment legislation changes - April 2025
March 28, 2025
National Insurance Changes
From 6 April 2025, there will be the following key changes to National Insurance:Changes to Contribution Rates:The rate at which employers pay National Insurance will be adjusted from 13.8% to 15%. This will increase the cost of employing all staff from 6 April 2025.Decrease...
AUTUMN BUDGET - 30 OCTOBER 2024
October 30, 2024
The Budget of huge change. Rachel Reeves delivered her first Budget for the new-ish Labour Government, notable as the first by a female Chancellor in the UK’s history.Prior to the Budget there had been huge speculation about the content. Tax rises were expected, and the Ch...
BUDGET 2024
March 7, 2024
Key points
The key points are covered below. You can also view or download our more detailed booklet by clicking the link above:OverviewMost tax rates and allowances were announced in advance at the Autumn Statement, and the significant new proposals were all predicted – there were n...
Autumn Statement 2023
November 23, 2023
Mind your headroom
In the weeks leading up to the Autumn Statement, the press was full of speculation about tax cuts. This was a surprise, just over a year after the tax cuts announced by Kwasi Kwarteng were judged imprudent by the international markets, contributing to a fall in the value of ...
Autumn Statement 17 November 2022
November 18, 2022
This was the third fiscal statement this year and the third different chancellor to deliver it. We have had four Chancellors in the UK this year, but Chancellor three of the year, Nadeem Zahawi, didn’t get the opportunity to deliver a fiscal statement at all.
Jeremy Huntâ€...
The Growth Plan
September 23, 2022
EDIT - 17 October 2022
The text below was written at the time of the fiscal statement on 23 September 2022.
Since then the original Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, rowed back on the removal of the Additional Rate (45% tax above £150,000 of personal income).
After pressure from&nbs...
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