• October 15 2025
  Isas

  Reeves revives plans to overhaul cash Isas

  Chancellor weighs up halving annual tax-free savings allowance to encourage wider investment in UK stock market

  
• October 15 2025
  UK Autumn Budget 2025

  Rachel Reeves suggests spending cuts and tax rises on way

  UK chancellor faces fiscal shortfall that could exceed £30bn

  
• October 15 2025
  FT WealthClare Maurice

  Philanthropy can help mitigate Budget inheritance tax increases

  Charitable giving can act as a tax move, a family glue and a social benefit

  
• October 14 2025
  How the UK tax system rewards going solo

  Latest levy and legislative changes threaten to fuel a fresh shift towards off-payroll work, warn employers and analysts

  
• October 12 2025
  Reeves must fix the tax system to raise tens of billions of pounds, says think-tank

  Institute for Fiscal Studies says reform of taxation is necessary to avoid damage to economy

  
• October 12 2025
  UK economy

  Reeves looks at bigger tax rises and spending cuts to build up UK fiscal buffer

  The chancellor is preparing for a crunch Budget next month

  
• October 9 2025
  UK property taxation

  How unfair is your council tax?

  FT analysis highlights arbitrary nature of system, allowing readers to discover how their bill compares in their area

  
• October 8 2025
  ExplainerUK property taxation

  Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?

  Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

  
• October 8 2025
  Conservative party UK

  Badenoch vows to scrap stamp duty

  Leader pitches Conservatives as party of spending control with promise to drive down Britain’s deficit

  
• October 8 2025
  UK public finances

  Pimco and BlackRock tell Reeves to build bigger fiscal buffer

  Big bond investors say chancellor needs to go beyond slim £9.9bn of margin left against key borrowing rule

  
• October 7 2025
  ‘Big data’ helps HMRC increase UK tax haul by £4.6bn

  Connect system uses multiple sources of information to spot cases of underpayment

  
• October 4 2025
  Serious MoneyClaer Barrett

  Don’t let Budget rumours deter the next generation of investors

  Fears over changes to tax rules on pensions and Isas mean Britons are hoarding yet more cash

  
• October 3 2025
  Helen Miller

  Clear visions for tax reform exist — Reeves just needs to back one

  Our system is a mess but experts have already set out what would make it coherent, efficient and equitable

  
• October 2 2025
  UK public finances

  Reeves braced for hole in UK public finances after productivity downgrade

  New OBR forecasts set to spark fierce dispute between Labour and Conservatives

  
• October 2 2025
  Chris Giles

  Think twice before rushing to fix the UK’s broken property taxes

  It took us a generation to get into the present council tax mess and would take another to emerge with minimal scars

  
• October 1 2025
  UK set to exempt newly-listed company shares from stamp duty

  Officials hope planned move will incentivise businesses to list in London

  
• September 30 2025
  Art, land and buildings worth £1bn spared UK inheritance tax

  HMRC disclosure underlines value of scheme for national assets, heritage experts say

  
• September 29 2025
  UK politics

  Labour must brace for decisions that are ‘not cost-free or easy’, Starmer to say

  Prime minister’s plea to party will come after Downing Street opens door to tax rises in Budget

  
• September 29 2025
  FT live news

  Labour conference as it happened: Burnham pours cold water on leadership bid speculation

  
• September 29 2025
  HM Revenue & Customs

  Advisers claim HMRC ‘smoke and mirrors’ over use of AI to assess R&D tax claims

  Individual caseworkers’ use of new technology raises questions about tax authority’s denials

  
• September 27 2025
  Serious MoneyClaer Barrett

  How to digitise your life admin in four easy steps

  A house move forced me to shred 120kg of paperwork, but I am so glad I did

  
• September 26 2025
  UK economy

  UK businesses to warn Labour against another tax raid

  Executives heading to Liverpool conference say government must avoid a further increase in costs for companies

  
• September 25 2025
  Is nitrous oxide food?

  UK courts continue to tackle the big questions

  
• September 24 2025
  Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching

  How should we pass our family business to our children?

  We want to retire but worry about incoming IHT rules

  
• September 22 2025
  Reeves urged to break Labour manifesto pledge and raise income tax

  Resolution Foundation suggests chancellor should cut employee national insurance to ease burden on workers

  

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