Budget Week is now Spring Statement Week and Autumn Statement Week is Budget Week, so by the time it’s Spring Statement Week we’ve all forgotten the news from what was formerly Autumn Statement Week. The other Philip H. was, he said feeling ’tigger-like’ as opposed, I suppose, to Eeyore-ish or Piglet-esque. However, the dividend tax allowance is still reducing to £2,000 on 6th April, which means many thousands who have never had to and won’t know they’re supposed to, will need to fill in a tax return. As Rabbit once said to Winnie the Pooh: ‘Would you like honey or condensed milk with that?’
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in the Autumn Statement, in the hope, I guess, that we’ll have forgotten all about them by the time they hit us.
