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That 2p National Insurance tax cut already feels like a lifetime ago. Londoners in almost half of local authorities will from April pay average council tax bills higher than £2,000 per year. It comes as the Mayor increased his portion of bills, the so-called “precept”, by 8.6 per cent.

The amount someone will receive depends on how many National Insurance contributions they have made or have earned in credit

Sir Keir Starmer has rubbished Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget as the “last desperate act” of the “failed” Conservatives as he says the UK is shouldering the highest tax burden in 70 years.

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Managers of hospitality businesses in the UK are calling on the government to recognise how the soaring energy and food prices have impacted the hospitable sector.

City Voices: A single tax on income would be a much less deceptive way of raising revenue

PM says Labour's Starmer would take Britain 'back to square one'

Find out how much National Insurance you have to pay and use the calculator that will estimate how much this 2 per cent rate change will impact you.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says personal taxes are rising despite much-hyped Tory tax cuts