December 2025

Budget changes may have left even the most level-headed of us feeling a little anxious. With so much under the spotlight, from taxes and benefits to energy support and pensions, the Chancellor’s Autum

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves unveiled her plans for the nation’s finances in the Autumn Budget in late November. While it’s easy to switch off from all the Whitehall drama – and after the last few years,

“The difference between death and taxes is, death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” The American actor and commentator Will Rogers didn’t have to wrestle with British Isas and pensions, bu

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee