Government Announcements

The government’s plans to introduce a secondary annuities market for pensioners have been cancelled.

The Queen has announced the government legislation for the year ahead at the state opening of parliament.

New measures recommended by the Insurance Fraud Taskforce are to be introduced to challenge insurance fraud and lower costs for customers.

The government has published its draft legislation to implement policies announced in this year’s Summer Budget and Autumn Statement.

In his Autumn Statement and Spending Review, Chancellor George Osborne set the apprenticeship levy rate at 0.5% of an employer’s wage bill.

The Chancellor George Osborne has now delivered his Autumn Statement 2015. Here is a collection of immediate reactions from the UK's leading business groups:

Chancellor George Osborne has now delivered his Autumn Statement 2015. Here’s our summary of the key measures effecting personal finance.

Chancellor George Osborne has finished delivering the first Autumn Statement of the new Conservative government.
The speech contained many measures aimed at businesses. Here is a summary of the main business announcements.

The Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his first autumn statement since the general election this afternoon. Ahead of his statement to the House of Commons, here are some potential measures that have got people speculating.