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UK Tax Receipts Hit a Record £938.8 Billion — Where Does It All Go?
HMRC collected £938.8 billion in tax and National Insurance during the 2025/26 tax year, a rise of 9.3% on the previous year and the highest figure on record. It's a huge number that's easy to skim...
Autumn Budget 2026: What's Already Confirmed, What's Rumoured, and What to Check Before It Lands
The Autumn Budget is still around three months away, but two of its tax changes are already locked in law, and the speculation about what else might follow is worth understanding now — while there's...
The Bank of England Is Quietly Shrinking Its Bond Pile — Here's Why Your Mortgage Should Care
While most of the attention on 30 July was on the Bank of England holding its base rate at 3.75%, a quieter but arguably more important process has been running in the background for years: the Bank...
HMRC Loses Landmark 'Home Loan Scheme' Inheritance Tax Case — What It Means for Your Family
The Court of Appeal has dismissed HMRC's challenge to a "home loan scheme" used to reduce inheritance tax on a family home, in a judgment handed down on 13 July 2026 that advisers are calling a...
Bank of England Holds Rates at 3.75% — But the Dissent Is Growing
The Bank of England left Bank Rate unchanged at 3.75% on 30 July 2026, the fifth hold in a row, but the vote behind that decision tells a more interesting story than the headline number. The Monetary...
Why 60% of Households Feel Worse Off Even Though Inflation Is Cooling
Headline inflation is falling, yet more households than at almost any point since the depths of the 2022 cost-of-living crisis say their bills are still rising. Understanding why both things can be...
Is Your 'Best Buy' Savings Account Actually Losing You Money? The Real Return Deep Dive
Headline savings rates look generous right now, but once you strip out inflation and tax, the "best buy" account you switched to six months ago may already be losing you money in real terms. Here's...
UK Consumer Confidence Jumps Most Since 2023 — But Don't Celebrate Yet
The GfK Consumer Confidence Index rose six points to -17 in July, up from -23 in June — the largest single-month improvement since November 2023. It sounds like good news for the economy, and in some...
UK Private Sector Snaps Back to Growth in July — What the Flash PMI Beat Means for Your Money
The UK economy just delivered a surprise. Friday's flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) readings for July, published by S&P Global, showed services activity jumping to 51.8 — comfortably ahead of...