UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget announcements toady (06 March 2024), some changes are below:
- Cut employee's' National Insurance by another 2p in the Budget, meaning it falls from 10% to 8% and self-employment NIC 4 reduce from 8% to 6%;
- Reduction of higher capital gains tax rate on property from 28% to 24%;
- Increase VAT registration threshold for businesses from £85,000 to £90,000;
- Abolishment of non-domicile tax status
- Increase the child benefit threshold from £50,000 to £60,000, with a higher taper from £60,000 to £80,000;
- Freeze on alcohol duty extended until February 2025;
- 5p cut to fuel duty to continue for 12 months;
- Increase of British ISA, allowing extra £5,000 investments in UK;
- £1m towards memorial for Muslims who died in two World Wars;
- Household Support Fund kept at current level for six months;
- Increase investment nearly £6bn for the NHS;
- Allocate £105m over next four years to build 50 special free schools;
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