
Spring Statement 2025: Universal Credit boost to reshape financial planning
Rachel Reeves said: "If you can work, you should, and if you can't you should be supported."

Rachel Reeves said: "If you can work, you should, and if you can't you should be supported."

Riders can access UK-registered GPs via phone or video through Teladoc Health, ensuring they have medical advice when needed.

The scheme allows employees to exchange a portion of their salary for a leased electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.

The bonuses will be distributed based on years of service, with the first £3,600 of each payout tax-free under EOT rules.

The financial services firm warned that fiscal drag could result in the average earner paying £416 more in tax by 2030.

Four companies – BT, IMG, ITV and BBC – have agreed to pay fines totalling £4,240,356.

Between May 2024 and February 2025, the number of outstanding Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts increased by over 9,000, with 143,922 people now affected.

The pay deal, negotiated by Unite, will see safety critical aircraft engineers get a new three year settlement with pay reaching £108,000 by 2027.

This comes as one in eight young people are not currently in work, education or training.

This latest £180m investment in colleague pay will mean hourly-paid colleagues will have seen a pay increase of 32% since April 2022, equivalent to a more than £900m investment.

The salary sacrifice scheme, introduced in January as part of Warp Snacks’ People and Planet goals, is available to approximately 130 eligible staff.

The increase considered the upcoming rise in employers' national insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15%, starting 6th April.
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