Plan 1 student loan interest rate to change to 6%

Plan 1 student loan interest rate to change to 6%

The Plan 1 student loan interest rate reduced to 6% (from 6.25%) from 30 August. This rate change applies across the UK with the Department for Education (DfE), the Welsh Government and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland (DfE NI) all confirming the...
HMRC CHECKING ON WORKPLACE NURSERIES

HMRC CHECKING ON WORKPLACE NURSERIES

With the ever-increasing costs of childcare, a very attractive benefit provided by more and more employers is a creche or nursery for employees’ children. If correctly structured, this is a tax-free benefit and will help employers attract and retain staff. Larger...
October budget to be “painful”

October budget to be “painful”

The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, speaking from Downing Street last Tuesday, has said that the budget in October will be “painful” and the government would be making “big asks” of the country. He said that the country would need to be prepared to “accept...