Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.
Millions get an income tax cut over the next few years as the Chancellor is to bring forward planned increases to both the personal allowance and the higher rate tax thresholds.
Millions of households and motorists face a steep rise in the cost of new insurance policies later this year due to an increase in the tax insurers are charged. Yet you may be able to beat the hikes by locking in quotes early.
Chancellor George Osborne has outlined a new national minimum wage for over 25s, dubbed the 'national living wage', which while higher than the current minimum wage is not all it's cracked up to be.
Chancellor George Osborne has today said he will scrap university maintenance grants for new English students and replace them with an enlarged maintenance loan, though according to Martin Lewis, the impact is likely to be more psychological than practical for many.
8 July 2015
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