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Tax cuts, changes to child benefits and public sector reforms were all announced in the budget today (March 6). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that a further 2p cut in National Insurance will be introduced from April, saving the average employee £450 a year.

Martin Lewis has admitted he is 'disappointed' as a change he had campaigned for to help first-time buyers was dismissed in the Spring Budget. Jeremy Hunt delivered his plans in the House of Commons on Wednesday (March 6) with some key cuts to tax and spending announced.

Jeremy Hunt has announced a cut in National Insurance in his Spring Budget. The Chancellor has announced a cut of two percentage points for employee National Insurance from April 6 - down from 10 per cent to eight per cent.

Jeremy Hunt announced his Spring Budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon.

Ellise Shafer During the reading of the U.K. government’s spring budget on Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt revealed a 40% corporate tax relief for film and TV studios through 2034. The plan also includes independent films shot in the U.K.

The UK government is to introduce an extended indie movie tax credit for films that have budgets between £1M and £15M, along with bringing in business rates relief for big studios.

Regular viewers of ITV will have their viewing disrupted as a massive schedule change takes place on Wednesday afternoon.

Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Spring Budget in the House of Commons this afternoon.

Martin Lewis has shared ‘crucial’ Child Benefit need-to-knows in the latest edition of the MoneySavingExpert newsletter (MSE.com). The financial guru also gives Chancellor Jeremy Hunt one last push before the Spring Budget to consider increasing the higher earnings threshold from £50,000 to £65,000, which would enable more people access to the financial element of Child Benefit.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Spring Budget later today (March 6).

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Spring Budget today amid mounting speculation National Insurance will be cut in a boost for workers.

King Charles has been spotted being driven into Clarence House today as his cancer treatment continues.

March is bringing a wave of changes to driving laws, and owners of petrol and diesel cars need to be especially alert.

More than two years since the cost of living crisis began to bite, families are still facing tough decisions about their money. While inflation may have slowed down from its fiercest spike, bills are still on the rise.

Rishi Sunak has hinted at further cuts to national insurance in next week's Spring Budget.

UK Music, which is the collective voice of the UK music industry, has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut VAT in the spring Budget to throw the sector a “vital lifeline” and save venues that are threatened by closure.Tom Kiehl, UK Music’s Interim Chief Executive, has asked Hunt to use his Budget next Wednesday (March 6) to lower the current 20 per cent VAT rate on tickets to 10 per cent as a “boost for consumers, music professionals and venues”.The request to slash VAT is among the recommendations that UK Music has made to the Government in its Budget submission, which outlines the support the sector needs to grow (read it in full here).Currently, music fans in the UK must pay 20 per cent VAT on their tickets – almost double the EU average (10.3 per cent) and around triple the rate in countries like Belgium (six per cent) and Germany (seven per cent). ‌ The 20 per cent rate is the third highest rate of cultural ticketing in Europe. Gig-goers pay more tax on UK tickets than anywhere else in Europe, except Denmark and Lithuania.The calls come amid growing concerns for the future of grassroots venues.

Millions of motorists facing increasing prices at the pump could benefit from a key decision waiting on the desk of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of his budget for the next fiscal year - whether or not to keep a decade of fuel duty freezes.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been told to use his forthcoming Spring budget to make an “urgent intervention” to support the UK indie film sector in a letter published by Caroline Dinenage MP, chair of the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee. 

The People’s Forum on the channel on February 12, answering questions from a live audience, with many complaining that no alternative point of view was offered during the broadcast.In a statement, Ofcom said: “We have received around 500 complaints about the programme which aired on GB News.“We are investigating under Rules 5.11 and 5.12 of the Broadcasting Code which provide additional due impartiality requirements for programmes dealing with matters of major political controversy and major matters relating to current public policy.“Specifically, Rules 5.11 and 5.12 require that an appropriately wide range of significant views must be included and given due weight in such programmes, or in clearly linked and timely programmes.”The presenter Stephen Dixon said during the show that the questions were being posed by undecided voters, and that they had not been seen in advance, either by GB News or by Sunak.An official spokesperson for Sunak said that the prime minister has no regrets about his appearance on the show and that “this is a matter for Ofcom”.Ofcom, which sets the rules by which broadcasters must abide, does not insist that equal time is given to opposing political views, but does say that audiences must be exposed to alternative ways of thinking.GB News has been found to have fallen foul of Ofcom rules in the past, including when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was interviewed by fellow Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies about his Autumn Statement.The channel’s policy of allowing active political figures to host shows, including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lee Anderson, is also contentious.

Millions of older people in receipt of the New or Basic State Pension are set for a significant boost this year after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that payments will rise by 8.5 per cent from April 8, 2024. This means that someone on the full New State Pension will see payments go up from £203.85 per week to £221.20 and as payments are typically made every four weeks, this amounts to £884.80 each pay period.

Jeremy Hunt has said the upcoming Spring Budget will focus on "prioritising economic growth" as he hinted that further tax cuts could be announced on March 6.