Rishi Sunak ‘could delay the Budget until January’ amid fears a second wave of coronavirus this autumn could cause more havoc to the economy The Chancellor has yet to set a firm date for the fiscal showpiece Told MPs economic forecast used for it would not come before mid-November A December Budget would not leave … Read more
Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton ‘lined up for No10 job’: Mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front White House-style daily press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants … Read more
Now it’s Fly Out to Help Out! Rishi Sunak is under pressure to suspend air passenger duty until the end of next summer to get Britain flying again More than 20 Tories pressure Chancellor Sunak to suspend air passenger duty Air passenger duty can add £13 to a short-haul ticket and £78 to long-haul fares A … Read more
Now it’s Fly Out to Help Out! Rishi Sunak is under pressure to suspend air passenger duty until the end of next summer to get Britain flying again More than 20 Tories pressure Chancellor Sunak to suspend air passenger duty Air passenger duty can add £13 to a short-haul ticket and £78 to long-haul fares A … Read more
Rishi Sunak is considering raising fuel duty by as much as 5p to pay the nation’s coronavirus bill, a Treasury source has claimed. The Chancellor is looking at axing a ten year freeze on the tax in his autumn Budget, which would see fuel prices rise by 2p immediately in line with inflation. But a … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… UK’s covid debt By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 02:46 BST, 1 September 2020 Advertisement ‘People are going to find Rishi’s tax rises a lot harder to swallow’ To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… UK’s covid debt By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 02:46 BST, 1 September 2020 Advertisement ‘People are going to find Rishi’s tax rises a lot harder to swallow’ To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk … Read more
The job of Chancellor of the Exchequer is always one of the most difficult in Government, as I know from personal experience. During my spell at the Treasury in the early 1990s, I had to grapple with a series of momentous problems – the advent of recession, rising inflation and the impact of Black Wednesday, … Read more
Rishi Sunak is warned tax rises should be delayed for TWO YEARS to prop up the economy amid claims the £15bn foreign aid budget pledge could be axed to help fill huge black hole in government finances Claims Rishi Sunak considering axing government’s foreign aid spending pledge Legally 0.7 per cent of national income – … Read more
Britons are locked in a frantic final dash to take advantage of the East Out to Help Out deal today – as Rishi Sunak ruled out extending the promotion but Wetherspoons announced its own discount scheme. Diners joked it was ‘food binge day’ and they would try to ‘eat as much as possible’ to make … Read more