Press release: New vehicle tax rates come into force today
[unable to retrieve full-text content]New vehicle tax rates come into force for all cars and some motor homes that are registered from today (1 April 2017). read more
Politics
Press release: Over 2 million of the UK’s workers set for a pay rise on 1 April 2017
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Around 1.7 million workers aged 25 years and over will see their hourly wage rise due to the increase in the National Living Wage. read more
News story: British businesses boosted by tax changes coming into effect in April
[unable to retrieve full-text content]This month, a number of new tax changes come into effect, benefiting millions of businesses across the UK. read more
News story: Spring pay bump for Britain’s workers as tax changes come into effect
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Millions of workers will benefit from increases to the Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold on 6 April. read more
Incremental progress but ‘we’re not yet there,’ UN mediator on Syria reports
31 March 2017 – The latest round of the United Nations-facilitated intra-Syrian talks concluded today in Geneva where UN envoy Staffan de Mistura told journalists the discussions had been serious and the parties engaged, but “we’re not yet there.” When … read more