HR magazine spoke to professionals in the sector to gauge the reaction to the UK’s new financial plans
Emma Greedy
The chancellor must take more action to tackle youth unemployment in the Pre-Budget Report, according to The Work Foundation.
David Woods
Employers have been warned income tax hikes, an increase in capital gains tax (CGT), a VAT rise, National Insurance Contribution (NIC) hikes and changes to salary-sacrifice tax efficiencies could come...
David Woods
The home secretary has written to the chancellor to warn him that cuts in the Emergency Budget could be potentially damaging to workplace equality.
David Woods
The first all-Conservative budget since 1996 contained several surprises, such as a cut in corporation tax and a proposed change to Sunday trading laws. Businesses are now exploring exactly what these...
Becky Frith
As firms weigh up the benefits of flexible working and employees decide whether to stay remote, there is one thing they both agree on: reskilling must be a priority, discovers Emma Greedy .
Emma Greedy
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the three-point Plan for Jobs, increased minimum wage and introduced new schemes to help businesses recover after coronavirus, yet measures to plug skills gaps in...
Emma Greedy
The Government has announced a flat-rate state pension of £140 per week, in today’s Budget.
David Woods
This year’s Budget is likely to offer little let up on income tax, capital gains tax or employers National insurance Contributions as efforts to cut the UK’s budget deficit and boost the economic...
David Woods
While the chancellor, Alistair Darling, suggests that Government invest in helping the unemployed into work, the CIPD warns the Budget should be used to cut employers' National Insurance Contributions...
David Woods