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'Don't be putting down my generation - us oldies are not lucky'
The country needs to value old people properly, says Paul Routledge, who is on the side of pensioner Sheila Correll, who's worked hard all her life and is now struggling to get by...but economics guru Paul Johnson says she's one of the lucky ones
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Martin Lewis explains how thousands of parents can claim extra cash from April
The Money Saving Expert (MSE) website founder returned to screens this evening for ITV's Martin Lewis Money Show and this week's episode focused on the Spring Budget and how what was announced was going to affect you
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'Here's why it's an election on May 2 or bust for Rishi Sunak'
As Theresa May bails out, it's clear Rishi Sunak can't wait any longer to call an election, argues Fleet Street Fox
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British ISA explained - how will it work and what the experts think about it
Jeremy Hunt explained the new British ISA would give people an extra £5,000 tax-free limit, on top of the existing £20,000 ISA allowance - here is what we know so far
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Martin Lewis warning as more to be 'worse off' despite National Insurance cut
The Chancellor said the National Insurance cut would benefit around 27million workers with the average person saving £450 - however Martin Lewis says only one group will actually benefit
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Jeremy Hunt backtracks on National Insurance after he's compared to Liz Truss
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused of acting like Liz Truss after he said in the Budget he wanted to scrap National Insurance altogether without saying how he'd pay for it
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Struggling NHS workers slam Tory 'zombie' Budget – 'there is nothing for us'
Mum-of-two Rhian works as a nurse on an acute hospital ward and has been in the NHS for 26 years. The 45-year-old from Leeds said the real terms pay cuts are forcing nurses out
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'This failing Tory government's hollow death throes budget is fooling no-one'
Jeremy Hunt tried to bribe voters by cutting national insurance again and offering a small increase in child benefit - but nobody is going to fall for this Tory con trick
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Suella Braverman lambasts Jeremy Hunt's Budget in Tory civil war nightmare
Suella Braverman said Jeremy Hunt's Budget doesn't 'tell the British people that we're on their side and that work really pays' ahead of a brutal post-election leadership race
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Rishi Sunak told to call general election now as Budget flops with voters
Keir Starmer demanded Rishi Sunak call a general election now as he accused him of being 'out of touch, out of ideas and nearly out of road' as the Budget flopped
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'Budget needed much better salesman than Hunt to sound even remotely plausible'
'Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is gambling voters will swallow the sugar-rush of tax cuts and ignore the bitter taste of further public spending cuts,' the Mirror's Jason Beattie writes
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Labour is ready to fight the election on the economy – the sooner the better'
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the public should have been given a budget offering a 'glimmer of hope' - but instead there's just more of the same from the Tories
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Budget 2024 calculator - see if you'll be better or worse off after changes
The Mirror has broken down how the Budget changes announced today by Jeremy Hunt will affect your wallet, from pensioners to first-time buyers and savers
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'Tories have run the UK into the ground and working people have paid the price'
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns that "zombie" Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has put forward a "deeply cynical" budget while public services are on their knees
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Budget 2024 winners and losers from taxpayers to landlords and first-time buyers
After weeks of speculation, the Chancellor finally shared his fiscal plan ahead of the General Election and here we take a look at who is classed as a"winner" in today's budget and who is classed as a "loser"
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Jeremy Hunt's National Insurance, alcohol and fuel cuts a 'desperate act' - live
Sir Keir Starmer branded the budget 'the last desperate act of a party that has failed' - saying the Conservatives 'give with one hand and take even more with the other'
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40,000 struggling families to benefit from new measures to help those in debt
Delivering spring budget 2024, Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a slew of desperate tax cuts - including a reduction in National Insurance payments
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Cigarette tax explained - new price and whether it penalises poor or save lives
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced another hike to the tobacco duty tax, meaning more costly cigarettes for smokers. The Mirror looks at why the government has been increasing the tax and examines if it actually works
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National Insurance cut to new vape charge - Budget 2024 at a glance
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces an NI tax giveaway and non-dom tax U-turn at the Budget in a desperate attempt to turn around the Tories' dire ratings in the polls
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Keir Starmer blasts Budget as Tories' 'last desperate act' ahead of election
Labour leader Keir Starmer called the Spring Budget 'just another short-term cynical political gimmick' as he said the Tories' 'complacency takes your breath away'
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Martin Lewis 'disappointment' over change not mentioned in Jeremy Hunt Budget
Martin Lewis said he was watching eagerly for Jeremy Hunt to today address Child Benefit and other amendments to our spending as he delivered spring budget 2024
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National Insurance calculator - enter salary to see what you'll save in Budget
Jeremy Hunt has today announced a 2p cut in National Insurance as part of his Budget, in a move that will save the average worker around £450
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Jeremy Hunt hikes aviation tax in Budget - what it means for your holidays
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a hike in the tax paid for those on "non-economy flights" - such as business class and first class as part of his 2024 Budget
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Exact date 27m workers will get pay boost from Budget National Insurance cut
However, this threshold for when you start paying National Insurance remains frozen until April 2028 - this means more people still risk being dragged into paying tax for the first time
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Child Benefit change to 'unfair' charge confirmed in major boost for families
Under current rules, if one person earns over £60,000 then they need to pay back 100% of their Child Benefit - but campaigners have called this unfair on single parents