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Streeting asked if pensioners could die after losing winter fuel allowance

The Government announced in July that the winter fuel allowance for pensioners would be means-tested.

Evening Standard

Hike to National Insurance could be 'catastrophic' in Scotland, says Neil Gray

The unintended consequences to the public sector in Scotland of the increase to national insurance could be “catastrophic”, the country’s…

The National (Scotland)

NI reforms will add £750 a head to employment costs warns Hollywood Bowl

Ten pin bowling operator says changes will cost it £1.2 million a year and says smaller operators “could close”

Evening Standard

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Currys boss says price rises ‘inevitable’ due to Budget cost increases

Alex Baldock also warned that policies announced by the Chancellor in October will ‘depress investment and hiring’ plans.

Evening Standard

Food prices set to rise almost 5% next year in new cost of living squeeze

Supermarket prices will have shot up by 40% from 2020 to 2025 warns industry body in major threat to living standards

Evening Standard

Currys warns of "inevitable" price rises after £32 million Budget hit

Chief executive criticises “new and unwelcome headwinds from UK government policy.”

Evening Standard

New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services

Mencap warns it will be hit by the Labour chancellor’s rise in National Insurance paid by employers

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Scottish council warns services at risk over Labour's £30m tax bombshell

SCOTLAND’S biggest city faces a £30 million bombshell which puts services at risk because of Labour’s tax hikes, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

Labour's National Insurance changes will cost us more than £5m, Scottish council says

THE Labour Government’s changes to employers’ National Insurance (NI) contributions will cost one Scottish council more than £5 million, it…

The National (Scotland)

Alba set out terms for supporting Scottish Budget

THE Alba Party have said the introduction of universal free school meals will be part of their terms for supporting the Scottish Budget.

The National (Scotland)

Kate Forbes: Labour National Insurance hike will dent economic growth

LABOUR have failed "a question of basic competence" by bringing in a hike to employers' National Insurance contributions…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - QR codes in restaurants are the heralds of automation — we should ban them

There is a generational divide when it comes to QR codes and I am on the far side of it. But there’s going to be more, many more of them around, according to this paper’s genius business editor, Jonathan Prynn. It’s all about the increase in employers’ National Insurance in…

Evening Standard

UK Government 'to give Scotland £300 million' for Budget tax hike compensation

THE UK Government has said it will give the Scottish Government an additional £300 million to cover the planned increase to employers’ National…

The National (Scotland)

The £5bn-a-year tax timebomb that’s set to devastate London hospitality

A survey of 400 business owners across all sectors found that almost 60 per cent have put hiring plans on hold as a result of the National Insurance rise

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B&Q owner Kingfisher warns of £31 million hit from National Insurance changes next year

Blow revealed as CBI boss says NI reforms will hit profits, investment and growth

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‘Charity tax’ rise will hurt antisemitism fight, Rachel Reeves warned in latest Budget pushback

Labour chancellor told surprise rise in employers national insurance contributions will hit fight against antisemitism, after anti-Jewish hate incidents reached a record high in the first half of this year

The National (Scotland)

Universities ask for Scottish Government for more money amid UK tax hikes

UNIVERSITY bosses have asked the Scottish Government for more money following the UK Government’s National Insurance hike ...

The National (Scotland)

Most Scots believe UK Budget will leave them worse off, poll says

THE majority of Scots believe the UK Budget will leave them worse off, a fresh poll has suggested.

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Reeves under fire for Budget 'c**k up' with NI hike on employers hitting London hospices, charities and GPs

Minister defended the huge tax raid to better fund the NHS

Evening Standard

Parents face higher nursery fees due to national insurance hike, charity warns

Two in five senior staff in childcare settings have said changes in the Budget could lead to permanent closures unless the Government takes action.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 11 November: NatWest cuts Treasury stake with £1bn buyback, Bitcoin tops $81,000

The Government’s NatWest stake is down to 11.4% after the lender spent £1 billion buying its shares from the Treasury.

Evening Standard

Hospitality bosses warn national insurance changes ‘unsustainable’

The main tax rise in Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement was a change to employers’ national insurance contributions.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves NI hike may push up prices, cut jobs and squeeze pay rises, says Bank of England governor

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ increase in National Insurance on employers may push up prices, cut jobs and squeeze pay rises, says the governor of the Bank of England.

The National (Scotland)

National Insurance hike could force Scottish care homes to shut doors

CARE homes across Scotland could be forced to shut their doors as a result of the Budget hike in employers’ National Insurance (NI) payments, it…

The National (Scotland)

Is Scotland being short-changed on funding technicality in the Budget?

BUDGETS always throw up a host of questions that can’t be easily answered in time for paper deadlines or the Six O’Clock News – not least of…

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