Tax

Low-paid workers could receive up to £1,000 under 'Britannia Card' proposal to provide tax exemptions for non-doms.

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

HMRC publishes research into removing tax exemptions for workplace pension schemes administered through salary sacrifice.

A labour supplier has been suspended from the HS2 rail project amid allegations that it had been falsely declaring worker status.

Pay awards in real terms could decrease for a “prolonged period” after inflation overtook salary increases for the first time in 19 months.

Jonathan Reynolds defends UK-India free trade deal, saying critics are “confused” to think that NIC agreement “undercuts” British workers.

A doctor who provided services to two hospitals via a personal services company has been deemed an employee for tax purposes after a long-running legal battle.

Almost half of UK companies are scaling back on recruitment in response to the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.

‘Exporters to the US will be forced to review the viability of the US as a destination for their goods, and as a supply chain location.’

There were no further surprises for employers in today’s Spring Statement as they prepare for next week’s minimum wage and national insurance increases.

Today’s Spring statement did much to add cost and regulation to employers, and not enough to support growth and skills, observers say.

UK inflation fell by more than expected in February, down from 3% to 2.8%.

National Pharmacy Association advises 6,000 member pharmacies to work to rule, if sufficient funding is not delivered by government.

Businesses should offset increased employment costs from April by encouraging staff to maximise their pension contributions, a financial services consultancy has advised.