Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.Water bills, ...

Getty Images"Definitely not a Budget" is the basic message emerging from the Treasury about the chancellor's upcoming economic statement.There will not just be no red box outside Number 11, ...

UK taxes on big tech firms may be changed as part of a deal to avoid US President Donald Trump's next raft of tariffs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested.She ...

James PearsonBBC Political Reporter, Hereford & WorcesterBBCDirector Will Underwood, the sixth-generation at his family firm, said increased NI costs had led to it cutting back on investment plansChancellor Rachel ...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBCThe Spring Statement is fast approaching – and the chancellor faces tough choicesChancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out "tax and spend" policies, signalling that ...

Opposition parties have urged the prime minister to exempt hospices and other providers of health services from the increase in National Insurance contributions. The NHS and rest of the ...

Daniel SextonBBC News, South EastPA MediaShepherd Neame employs 1,600 people and runs 290 pubsBritain's oldest brewer has said it will hike its beer prices in response to rising taxes ...

BBCA full meeting of Orkney Islands Council will be asked to vote on the recommendation at a later dateCouncillors in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed ...

PA MediaJoshua NevettPolitical reporterHarry FarleyPolitical correspondentReform UK would impose taxes on the renewable energy sector, under its plans to scrap the country's net zero target, the party's deputy leader ...

Mark PalmerAssistant editor, BBC Wales NewsGetty ImagesVisitors to places like Tenby in Pembrokeshire may have to pay a tourism taxThe Welsh government has rejected calls to exclude under-18s from ...

Graham FraserTechnology reporterGetty ImagesBarclays bank is experiencing intermittent errors with payments and transfers amid serious IT problems that also earlier affected its app and online banking. Customers have told ...

Getty ImagesSanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich must be investigated over the £1bn he could owe, a group of MPs has urged HMRC.In a letter to the tax authority, Joe ...