Despite assurances at this week's Spring Budget that the average UK worker would benefit from yet another cut to National Insurance tax, many across the country are unlikely to notice a difference at the end of each month as taxes and fixed costs continue to rise across the board.
In fact, continued cost of living pressures mean the average worker in Greater Manchester is unlikely to notice any difference at all.
Over the past week, it has emerged that councils across Greater Manchester will seek large increases to their funding to tackle their own inflation-related issues.
They will bump the average council tax paid on Band D properties across the region by around £100 each per year. In most areas, this is an increase of almost five per cent.
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