March 2012

Debt management firms have been ordered to stop offering staff incentives to mis-sell and to stop bombarding consumers with spam calls and texts.

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist and confusion still reigns.

Anyone who earns over £150,000 a year will pay less tax from next year, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist.

The Government has confirmed plans to merge the basic and second state pensions.

Low and middle income earners received a boost today as Chancellor George Osborne revealed the personal tax allowance will rise for the under 65s, but pensioners will lose out.

Smokers will be hit by higher prices as the Chancellor announced increases in tobacco duty in today's Budget. Meanwhile, the price of alcohol will rise next week.

Pensioners received a £3.3 billion blow in today's Budget as they found out they will eventually lose the higher personal allowance they enjoy in comparison to the rest of the population. This has been dubbed the new 'Granny Tax'.

Drivers had their hopes of avoiding another petrol pump increase later this year dashed by Chancellor George Osborne today.

Benefit recipients could lose a combined £10 billion by 2016, the Chancellor announced in today's Budget.