Jeremy Hunt

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Jeremy Hunt

Five key points from the Budget announcement

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Inflation dropped to 3.9% in November, the lowest level in more than two years. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Inflation drops to lowest level in more than two years

The garden centre, tucked away near Daventry, just off the A5 at the border between Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, has been open since 2004.

Northamptonshire family-owned business offers ‘mind-blowing’ Christmas events

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

The UK's economy has grown by 0.2% in August, with car manufacturing leading the economic boost over the past three months. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August as service sector provides boost

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s brother Charlie has died of cancer aged 53

Jeremy Hunt’s brother dies from cancer aged 53

Supermarkets are being told to cut the price of petrol

Supermarkets told to cut petrol prices by watchdog

Whilton Locks Garden Village was first purchased in 2002, the building works began in 2003 and it opened to the public in March 2004.

'Family affair' garden centre shares impressive evolution over two decades

“Being family-run and independent is at our core”

Katie Wheatley

This is the first time inflation has dropped below double digits since August last year - but concerns remain over the rate at which food prices are increasing..

Inflation drops to 8.7%, food costs still high - how it affects you

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, many households are struggling financially

Cost of living payments will start to land in bank accounts next week

Children aged under five years far outnumber childcare places in West Northamptonshire, new figures show.

More than twice as many children as childcare places, data reveals

'Mr Pothole' said current funding across the country is “like peeing in the sea” and that extra money is desperately needed to halt the decline.

£237m needed to fix the roads in west Northamptonshire

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

BBC Panorama shared research that shows the cost of fifteen years of wage stagnation on British workers

UK wage stagnation costing British workers £11,000 per year

CAMRA have responded to the Spring Budget

CAMRA says local pubs still under threat despite draught duty cut

Experts from the industry have given an insight into what effect Jeremy Hunt’s new Spring Budget will have on the UK housing market.

What does spring budget mean for housing market? Zoopla forecast

Council tax is on the rise by up to 15% across local authorities in England - Credit: Adobe

April council tax: How to apply for support and how much will it rise?

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’

Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds

Budget 2023: Free childcare for under 5s explained

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Chancellor set to extend fuel duty cut beyond March

Reverting or increasing tax could push petrol and diesel prices beyond March 2022 levels, the RAC has warned

Matt Allan

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will remain at £2,500 for an additional three months.

Budget 2023: Energy Price Guarantee to be extended to June

Samantha Pierre-Joseph shows her smart meter indicating that she is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ in her house in London.

Millions of struggling households set to see energy bills slashed

File photo dated 17/11/2022 of Jeremy Hunt who will set out a Spring Budget on March 15 2023, the Treasury has said. The Chancellor on Monday commissioned an Office for Budget Responsibility forecast, which will be presented alongside the budget. Issue date: Monday December 19, 2022.

UK job vacancies fall for eighth time in a row

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may look to extend the current energy support scheme in the upcoming Budget, which would allow households to benefit from the current £2,500 cap for longer before it increases to £3,000 a year.

Hunt ‘poised to keep energy price cap down’ as support scheme ends

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said pub landlords and breweries are struggling with the soaring cost of energy, alcohol and food

Pubs warn of 2000 closures without government support for energy bills

Ofgem announced the details on Monday.

Ofgem sets new price cap of £3,280

Tobacco duty set to rise causing a jump in cigarette prices

The government could tell GPs to issue less sick notes in order to boost the economy.

Government could tell GPs to sign fewer sick notes to boost economy

The UK economy has avoided a recession

UK economy avoids recession in second half of 2022

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Mayor of London calls for duty-free shopping to be reinstated

CAMRA have warned against the reduction in energy bill support.

CAMRA warns UK's 'beloved pubs' face closure as energy bill help cut

The cash boost will start arriving in bank accounts in the Spring.

DWP confirm new cost of living payments for 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's announcement of a 4.99 percent rise in council tax will translate into a hike of nearly seven percent for some in West Northamptonshire

How much is YOUR council tax bill likely to go up from April

Cheapest electric heaters to run & how to buy as temperatures plummet

Is loft insulation too much effort to be financially worthwhile? (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Don’t lag behind as loft insulation can save energy costs Chris Page

Northamptonshire councils spend more than £300 million on providing adult social care in 2021-22 — but think tank Nuffield Health warns it is not enough

How much our councils spends on adult social care - and why more is needed

West Northamptonshire Council says it is "making progress" tackling a projected £7.6 million black hole in this year's budget

How did council shrink £7.6m overspend by one-third in just two months?

More than 200 patients are having to stay in hospital beds at Northampton and Kettering despite being well enough to be discharged, according to NHS England figures

NHS reveals 200 ‘bed blockers’ a day waiting to be discharged from NGH and KGH

Official figures showed nearly 300 private renters and homeowners in Northamptonshire faced evictions in just three months this summer

Cost of Living crisis: How many people faced evictions in Northants this summer

Daventry MP Chris-Heaton-Harris says the budget will provide “much needed relief” — but West Northamptonshire Labour leader Wendy Randall branded it "shameful"

Council labour leader 'sickened' by MP hailing budget's 'much needed relief'

Cllr Danielle Stone says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's council tax hike is "picking the pockets" of West Northamptonshire residents.

Labour councillors' fury as council tax hike hits West Northants hardest

Where is BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty? What happened to her & why was Charlie Stayt presenting alone?

Why did Naga Munchetty leave BBC Breakfast mid-show?

What is the National Living Wage and what is the minimum hourly rate of pay currently in the UK in 2022?

National Living Wage: What is it & hourly rate of pay in the UK

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. (Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Autumn Statement 2022: What Jeremy Hunt’s budget means for your pocket

Autumn Statement 2022: What time is Jeremy Hunt’s budget and how to watch it live online and TV

How to watch Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement