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Millions get an income tax cut over the next few years as the Chancellor is to bring forward planned increases to both the personal allowance and the higher rate tax thresholds.

Chancellor George Osborne has today said he will scrap university maintenance grants for new English students and replace them with an enlarged maintenance loan, though according to Martin Lewis, the impact is likely to be more psychological than practical for many.

Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.

Update: 1 June 2015: The Government has today announced that the 30 hours of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds will actually roll out in September 2016 in some pilot areas, ahead of the full expansion in September 2017.

Now it's been confirmed that the Conservative Party has been voted back into Government after winning more than the 326 seats needed, we explain how its policies affect your pocket.

From today a host of changes take force, which could see the tax you pay and the savings you make alter. Other changes will see new pension freedoms taking effect, as well as the ability to transfer Child Trust Fund savings into a Junior ISA.

ISA savers will soon have the flexibility to be able to take money out of their ISAs and put it back in, without it counting towards the annual ISA allowance, Chancellor George Osborne has announced today.

If you're a wannabe first-time buyer aged 16 or over, from this Autumn the Government will give you a cash boost towards buying your first home if you save into a new type of ISA, it was announced in today's Budget.