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Britain’s high street banks are set to unveil stronger profits as they face the prospect of being targeted for a tax hike in the Budget. (Photo by Peter Byrne/Press Association)

Banking giants face prospect of tax hike in Budget
Britain’s high street banks are set to unveil stronger profits as they face the prospect of being targeted for a tax increase in the Budget.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets residents after he delivered a speech during a visit to the care home in north London, on adult social care reform. Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

Burnham's social care pledge follows 13 years of broken promises

Sir Jeremy Hunt. Picture credit Johnny Piper/PA

Jeremy Hunt: 'Why we should be optimistic about the future of the UK economy'

Chris Burn, Head of Business and Features, is launching The Yorkshire ISA Experiment. Picture Tony Johnson

Introducing 'The Yorkshire ISA' experiment

Union and European Union flags. PIC: PA

The negative impact of Brexit was downplayed - YP Letters

Piers Moat from Twisted Root Distillery. Credit: Twisted Root Distillery

Labour spirits duty hike may be 'last straw for small distilleries'

Rain Newton-Smith, CBI Chief Executive, speaks during the Annual CBI Conference, at Queen Elizabeth II Centre on November 25, 2024 in London, England. The annual conference, organised by the Confederation of British Industry, brings together business and political leaders. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

CBI 'back at the top table' after coming through crisis, says boss

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced plans to merge local government pension schemes into eight 'megafunds'. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Rachel Reeves’ megafunds pensions plan comes with pitfalls - Jayne Dowle

Shell has called for clarity over Labour's oiland gaspolicies. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Shell calls for ‘certainty’ from Government on oil and gas policy

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones. Credit: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Higher borrowing makes scrapping the two-child benefit cap 'unaffordable'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Picture: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Labour's review of the pensions landscape is sorely needed: Sarah Coles

Tories signal defeat and plead to voters not to give Labour a 'huge majority'

The new boss of NatWest has laid out his plans to drive more automation across the bank, after shrinking its top team. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

NatWest's CEO sets out plans to drive more automation across bank

The Government has sold £1.24 billion of shares in NatWest, accelerating the process of bringing the high street bank into private ownership. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Government sells £1.24bn of NatWest stake

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a General Election for July 4. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a general election now is bizarre - YP Letters

The new Business Secretary will need to display tact and tenacity to ensure consumers’ rights are protected if the deal goes ahead, says Greg Wright ( Photo by John Giles/PA Wire)

Royal Mail: New Government must defend consumers' rights: Greg Wright

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a General Election for July 4. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Politicians need to be honest with voters across Yorkshire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after speaking about the latest inflation figures. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Fall in inflation is a positive sign but the real test is living standards

Councillor Gareth Dadd, speaking in the North Yorkshire Council chamber

Council bans public from asking questions at annual council tax meeting

Bank of England Monetary Policy Report press conference on May 9, 2024. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Bank of England’s decision on interest rates is disappointing - YP Letters

The Government has sold another chunk of its stake in NatWest, continuing the process of bringing the high street bank into private ownership. (Photo by Matt Crossick/PA Wire)

Government sells another chunk of its stake in NatWest
The Government has sold another chunk of its stake in NatWest, continuing the process of bringing the high street bank into private ownership.
Greg Wright

Hull and East Yorkshire will be the final area of Yorkshire to get a mayor next year.

Complete 'half done' devolution by 2030, report urges

William Wragg during a debate in Parliament. PIC: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

New wave of sleaze points towards history repeating itself - Andrew Vine

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put forward plans to crackdown on tax avoidance (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves's sums don't add up with unrealistic £5bn 'tax dodger' crackdown

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt arriving in Downing Street, London. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Government penalising people in rural areas dependent on a car - YP Letters

A photo from Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story. PIC: ©ITV.

Millions of people will be grateful to Kate Garraway - Jayne Dowle

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

The social care crisis has a knock on impact on the NHS. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Give social care the support that it needs so that sector can transform lives

A previous event in Harrogate in 2019 celebrating the town's spa heritage. PIC: Richard Maude

Why access to free art and culture is so important - Sharon Canavar

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with his ministerial box before delivering his Budget in the Houses of Parliament. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Have pensioners ever had it so good? - Jayne Dowle

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, leaves 11 Downing Street with his ministerial box before delivering his Budget (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Why you should use National Insurance cut to boost your pension: Jillian Thomas

Micklegate, York

"Good news for York" as tax break for holiday let landlords is abolished
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has abolished a tax break for holiday let landlords as part of the Spring Budget.
Adam Laver

Claire Douglas, leader of the City of York Council

Council leader says Spring Budget is "yet more pain" for local government

(left to right) CEO of Selco Howard Lift, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and staff member Charlene Kemal during a visit to a builders merchant in south east London, after the Chancellor delivered his Budget at the Houses of Parliament. Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

Jeremy Hunt's business rate rise increase 'bitterly disappointing' for retailers

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with his ministerial box before delivering his Budget in the Houses of Parliament. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

This was a pre-election budget of a government that has run its course

Spring Budget and its impact on property

What Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget means for the property market

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

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget later today.

Jeremy Hunt eyes tax cut to pull Tories back from heavy electoral defeat

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. PIC: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

The Chancellor needs to deliver for the growing squeezed middle - Sarah Todd

Beckie Hart is regional director, Yorkshire & Humber at CBI

Net Zero Investment Plan could help UK outsmart likes of EU and China

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. PIC: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

The Chancellor faces an unenviable task when setting the budget

The Chancellor yesterday said he could not guarentee the Government's offer would be ready in time for all parents looking for free childcare.

Jeremy Hunt: Childcare offer 'on track' despite threat to thousands of places

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Close £15bn funding gap for Yorkshire's cities, Jeremy Hunt urged

Left to right Jamie Driscoll Mayor North of Tyne, Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester,Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard Mayor of South Yorkshire, Steve Rotheram Mayor of the Liverpool City Region during a press conference at the Convention of the North. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Northern mayors sound alarm on council funding crisis

Barnsley has the highest rate of people out of work due to long-term sickness in Yorkshire

Ministers unveil plans for 'healthy workforce'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt outside Downing Street. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Jeremy Hunt must recalibrate UK’s business environment: Beckie Hart

Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on strike. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Personal tax cuts come at a cost to the health of the NHS - YP Letters

A member of the public walks past a boarded up shop on New Bond Street in London.

UK enters recession ahead of key by-election contests

Construction site workers walk past a branch of a NatWest bank in central London on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

'Tell Sid' NatWest share sell-off to the public could start in June, MPs told

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, at a Labour Business Conference at the Oval on February 1 in London.

Labour pledges to cap corporation tax at current level

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan hold images of bees they created during a visit to the Busy Bees nursery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

60 days until landmark state-funded childcare places go live

Inflation has increased unexpectedly for the first time in nearly a year after alcohol and tobacco price hikes, dampening hopes of an early interest rate cut by the Bank of England.

Inflation rises for first time in almost a year, fuelled by tobacco hikes

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a Boots pharmacy. PIC: Ian West/PA Wire

Labour can't afford to be complacent despite poll predictions - Jayne Dowle

Jeremy Hunt is being urged to introduce pro-business policies at the Spring Budget. Photo: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Flatlining UK economy needs a boost in the Spring Budget: Beckie Hart

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. PIC: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire

Next election could be the most unpleasant in modern times - David Blunkett

Beckie Hart has her say.

Why 2024 could be a turning point in UK's economic growth story - Beckie Hart

York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce's Hospitality Forum is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut the rate of VAT for firms in the hospitality sector Photo: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Call issued for hospitality sector VAT cut after ‘four years of disruption’

Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, has hinted at a new offer for aspiring homeowners ahead of March's budget.

Downing Street eyes inheritance tax and mortgage reform ahead of March budget

It may surprise some outside the Westminster bubble, but the vast majority of Britons couldn’t care less about the ‘war on woke’ or the number of diversity and inclusion officers within the civil service. They are very worried about feeding and clothing their families, says Greg Wright. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Cost of living crisis is more important to voters than 'war on woke'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt with Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard (left) and CEO of AMRC Steve Foxley (right), during a visit to Factory 2050 in South Yorkshire.

Yorkshire leads the way for UK's transforming steel industry

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