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Tax Matters: Autumn Budget 2025 – a stealthy smorgasbord?
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has delivered the Autumn Budget 2025.
In her much-anticipated second Budget, the Chancellor announced a broad spectrum of tax measures which she said were designed both to secure public finances and make the UK tax system fairer. After much press speculation, rumours and reported U-turns, there is now some welcome clarity on how the government intends to balance the books, with the largest revenue raising measure being a stealth tax increase through the freezing of income tax thresholds. Outside of the headline grabbing measures, the…
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