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10 days ago
The Treasury has told its OBR watchdog that the threshold will increase to 68 between 2037 and 2039.
13 days ago
Andy Burnham's fiscal timebomb is revealed by the OBR, warns HAMISH MCRAE ⊖
If you think our public finances are in a mess now, they will, on present trends, become much worse in the months and years ahead.
16 days ago
LIAM HALLIGAN: To stave off a shameful bailout, Britain needs to raise £120billion a year - by cutting welfare or raising taxes. Guess which Labour will do! ⊖⊖
Over the next few years, says the OBR, Britain needs to raise £120billion a year via tax increases or spending cuts to prevent national debt spiralling out of control.
18 days ago
Treasury watchdog alert for Labour on tax hikes to cover soaring spending: OBR warns 50m Brits - including minimum wage workers - could end up paying 40% rate ○
The stark scenario has been raised by the Treasury's OBR watchdog, in an assessment of the long-term 'fiscal risks' facing the country.
32 days ago
Burnham adviser calls for billions of pounds in borrowing for infrastructure ⊕
Exclusive: Jim O’Neill, a former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, says government should spend more on big projects
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52 days ago
Treasury watchdog says impact of Rachel Reeves' huge 'jobs tax' in first Budget was even worse than expected ⊕
The OBR said its UK growth forecast for last year had been 'too optimistic', with its prediction of 2 per cent being replaced with an initial estimate of just 1.4 per cent.
3 months ago
‘This is what you don’t see in F1’: the university where future race engineers are made ⊕
With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the country
At the Oxford Brookes Headington campus, more than 100 students are busy building …
4 months ago
Petrol prices surge at fastest pace since 2022 as Brits face another brutal cost-of-living squeeze unless Iran war is over soon... with interest rate cut hopes 'dashed' ⊖
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The OBR said if oil and gas prices stay at current levels the headline CPI would likely stay a percentage point higher than predicted at the Spring Statement just last week.
Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap ⊖
It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market
Intergenerational relations, or lack of them, …
Rachel Reeves urged to reform 60% tax trap that will catch 2.1MILLION this year, as OBR says it will look at high marginal rates ⊖
The OBR said alongside the Spring Statement that it would look at high marginal tax rates, while investment platform IG says it is holding back investment.