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Shareholders and directors hit by dividend tax rate rise
The three dividend tax rates will increase for the first time since the 2010/11 tax year.Employers and employees to pay 1.25% more NICs
Rise in National Insurance to fund development of the health and social care tax.Inflation rises in August to 3.2%
End to pandemic-related subsidisation pushes up food prices.Economic recovery stalls in July
GDP grows by 0.1% in July 2021.Registration service opens to non-taxable trusts
Taxable trusts receive extended registration period.Sunak announces date for Autumn Budget
Spending Review to be held alongside Autumn Budget.Pensions triple-lock to be suspended for one year
Pensioners to miss out on promised £4bn increase.NICs rates to increase by 1.25%
Tax rise to help fund the NHS and pay for social care.Stamp duty receipts hit high, despite holiday
Receipts for July 2021 second highest on record.Call to scrap proposed basis period reform
Reform could create as many problems as it solves.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.