Among the number of changes outlined in the recent Budget, it would have been easy to miss one potentially very significant announcement for businesses and HR professionals in particular: the...

The government could increase employers' national insurance contributions in the autumn budget, on 30 October. Our commentators analyse how business leaders might react.

The Chancellor George Osborne will reduce the top rate of income tax from 50p to 45p – but not for a year, for earnings more than £150,000, he revealed today.

“We need to help people to retrain during their working lives,” said chancellor Philip Hammond