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Hospitality and leisure businesses will receive 40% relief on business rates in today's budget.
The Carer’s Allowance threshold will increase to allow claimants to work 16 hours a week under new budget rules.
The stamp duty land tax surcharge for second homes will increase by two percentage points to five per cent, and will come into effect from Thursday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced.
Employers’ national insurance contributions will increase but Chancellor Rachel Reevees has thrown a lifeline to small businesses. The Employment Allowance will increase from £5,000 to £10,500 so 865,000 employers won’t pay any national insurance at all next yea
Hospitality businesses across the UK have made a last minute plea for a lifeline in the autumn budget. Food, drink and leisure businesses across the country are struggling to stay afloat, with many still struggling with the effects of Covid and Brexit, plus increased energy costs, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.
National Minimum Wage increases and an increase in employer National Insurance contributions in the autumn budget may be the final nails in the coffin for struggling firms. But, workers and public sector workers say they need urgent help.
Carer's Allowance earnings thresholds could rise by around £30 a week in tomorrow's (October 30) Autumn Budget.
Changes are expected to National Insurance, Universal Credit, National Minimum Wage, Carers' Allowance, Child Benefit and Free Childcare Hours among others
Families across the country will be hoping for a helping hand as Labour announces its first budget in almost 15 years. Parents, particularly those on lower incomes, will be looking for help with child benefit, breakfast clubs and free childcare hours.
