Budget

The Princess Royal and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch during the Northern Ireland Investment Summit 2023 at the ICC, Belfast. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

‘Northern Ireland wide investment zone’ to be raised with Cabinet

“For many families, it’s difficult enough to have enough food on the table for everyone and now they need to think about how they’ll cover the kids’ meals as they head back to school.”

12 back to school food hacks including yellow sticker offer peak times

Increase in alcohol duty 'will cripple hospitality' claims industry body. Photo: PA

Increase in alcohol duty 'will cripple hospitality' claims industry body

Mr Sunak described the overhaul as “the most radical simplification of alcohol duties for over 140 years”, enabled by Britain’s exit from the EU

Alcohol duty increase set to come into force labelled as 'a hammer blow'

Festivals on a budget: How to chill out and enjoy the music without worrying about breaking the bank

Heading to a music festival? Here’s how to do it on a budget

Japanese Knotweed. (Pic credit: Andrew Smith)

Invasive plants in the UK and how to manage them

Royal College members of Nursing demonstrate at Stormont in Belfast over pay and conditions

Northern Ireland nurses are ‘worst paid in UK’ say RCN at Stormont demonstration

Budget 2023: DUP demands more money from London

Stormont's spending over the last three budgets. These figures all relate to "non-ring-fenced" funds - in other words, the pot of money each department uses for their day-to-day running costs like staff pay

BUDGET: Whose funding is growing and whose is shrinking in 2023/24?

27th April 2023Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris meets with the five main Northern Ireland parties at Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down, to discuss the new budget. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Government offers 'flexibility' on £300m overspend as it tables Stormont budget

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is expected to outline departmental allocations for 2023/24 in a written ministerial statement at Westminster

Budget for Northern Ireland expected to contain major cuts to public services

King Charles’ coronation ‘shouldn’t be publicly funded’, says poll

Brits are being offered clever ways to reduce their weekly food spend by making simple swaps to meals.

7 clever swaps to cut money off your food bill

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

UUP finance spokesperson Steve Aiken

'Stark reality' of NI’s Public Finances highlighted in NI Fiscal Council report

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove.

Labour claim only 8% of Levelling Up fund spent so far
The Government has only been able to get 8% of levelling-up funds “out of the door”, Labour has claimed.

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

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

Jeremy Hunt in the Commons, 15-03-23

Budget March 2023: Sammy Wilson wonders if EU will be able to block budget plans

Pint of Beer, by Ian T is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Budget March 2023: 'Windsor Framework will keep beer price lower'

London, Canary Wharf, by Anne & David (Use Albums), marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0

Budget March 2023: A 'Canary Wharf' for Northern Ireland?

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

An IRA and UVF mural in Belfast

Budget March 2023: Tories announce extra £3m to take on paramilitaries

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

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his Budget to the House of Commons in London

Budget: UK economy is 'on right track' and will not enter technical recession
The UK economy is “on the right track”, the Chancellor said as he opened his Budget speech.

Primark stores across the UK are hosting free workshops to help customers wear their clothes for longer

Primark launches free clothing repair workshops to tackle fast-fashion

Chancellor set to extend fuel duty cut beyond March

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

Stevie Higginson would like to see VAT cuts in the budget

Budget: NI restaurant owner in VAT plea to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Cherry Pie scent is new for 2020 (Photo: Aldi)

Aldi is selling candles that smell like cake - here are all the scents

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering a tax on pensions (Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak considering pensions tax hike to plug coronavirus finance gap

Ryanair has cancelled flights during August and September. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ryanair has cancelled 1,000 flights in August and September - here’s what to do ...

Letter to the editor

The border in the Irish Sea will only harden over time

The cheapest electric cars of 2020

Councils told to step up road repairs as pothole-related breakdowns jump by two-...

Belfast Chamber and the three Business Improvement Districts have come together to highlight the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic

Belfast Chamber welcomes rates reduction but calls for more support

Money

£100 million Covid-19 funding allocated to enable three months rates holiday for...

Finance Minister Conor Murphy

Stormont sees biggest spending increase in a decade after devolution restored

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street

Coronavirus: Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges £330bn to help economy survive crisi...

DUP MP Sammy Wilson called on Stormont Finance Minister Conor Murphy (pictured) to ensure that all the new funding allocated for rates is used for that purpose. Photo Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker Press

DUP’s Sammy Wilson presses Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy to pass on £9m extra rates c...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget in the House of Commons, London on Wednesday March 11, 2020. Photo: House of Commons/PA Wire

Tax expert: Budget seeks to stimulate UK economy amid Covid-19 but regret in Nor...

East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson.

DUP: Budget is a false dawn for Northern Ireland

Chancellor Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget.

Northern Ireland administration ‘£523m short’ after Budget

What the 2020 Budget means for UK drivers

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent, down from its previous rate of 0.75 per cent, as part of a bid to support the economic repercussions of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak (Photo: Shutterstock)

Interest rates have been cut dramatically in response to coronavirus

File photo dated 20/9/2019 of the Bank of England, in the City of London, which has announced that it has cut its main interest rate to 0.25% from 0.75%

Bank of England announces emergency rate cut to 0.25% to tackle Coronavirus

News Letter editorial

London has good reason to be wary of joint political approaches from the devolve...

Asda sparks hopes of petrol price war as it reacts to plummeting oil prices

Car makers call on Chancellor to remove VAT from electric cars

Petrol could be made more eco-friendly - but it will risk damaging older cars

Free cash machines could soon disappear - here's why

Passengers could make a saving of up to £90 if the tax is halved (Photo: Shutterstock)

The cost of flying abroad could be about to drop by £90 per person

Stormont’s Finance Minister Conor Murphy is to again travel to London

Stormont budget facing £600m shortfall, says Conor Murphy