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The Chancellor has revealed the tax-free personal allowance will rise by £1,000 for millions of workers.
22 June 2010
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Millions of families will no longer qualify for tax credits or receive less income from them, Chancellor George Osborne revealed today.
22 June 2010
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Today's Emergency Budget brought tax rises for every UK citizen as the Government attempts to plug the massive £156 billion budget deficit.
22 June 2010
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Unions today welcomed confirmation by the Government of increases in the national minimum wage, which will see the adult rate rise to £5.93 an hour in October.
21 June 2010
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The public strongly disagrees with the Government's decision to ring-fence overseas aid from any spending cuts.
21 June 2010
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The government's Home Access Grant could be coming to an end ealier than planned next week due to demand for the scheme.
15 June 2010
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Hundreds of thousands of savers who opened best-buy accounts over the past two years are now earning well below the current top-paying rates, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation shows.
11 June 2010
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Interest rates have been kept on hold today as policymakers maintain their "wait-and-see" approach ahead of government plans to tackle the UK's deficit.
10 June 2010
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Cheap balance transfer credit cards are back in vogue but millions still don't know how to use one properly which has cost them hundreds of pounds a year.
4 June 2010
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MBNA will end a long-standing credit card stealth charge in the autumn that penalises those who spend on a plastic after making a cheap balance transfer.
1 June 2010

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