Chancellor seeks to fill a black hole of up to £50 billion in the public finances

Pensions minister Torsten Bell has been quietly promoted to help the Chancellor prepare for an autumn Budget where she has to fill a black hole in the public finances estimated at…

Chancellor considers applying national insurance to rental income, according to reports

Chancellor seeks to fill a black hole of up to £50 billion in the public finances

Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.

Rachel Reeves’s reported plan to levy National Insurance on rental income will be the final straw for many landlords

Chancellor expected to target inheritance and burden 30,000 families a year with higher bills

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