Rachel Reeves scraps two-child benefit cap - see all 18 Budget changes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The OBR has announced that the existing freezes on personal tax thresholds will be extended for another three years until 2030-31.
57% : Ms Reeves plans to increase the tax rates on dividends, property and savings income by 2 percentage points, aiming to raise £2.1bn. During the Budget, Ms Reeves took a moment in her Budget announcement to jest about Zack Polanski's hypnotherapy claims.
57% : And it has been confirmed that the basic and higher tax rate on property savings and dividend income will be increased by two percentage points.
56% : Motorists driving battery electric vehicles will face a 3p-per-mile levy from April 2028, with the fee increasing each year in line with inflation, the OBR revealed.
55% : Reeves announced that £8,000 of the £20,000 tax-free ISA allowance must be invested in stocks and shares, limiting the annual cash ISA allowance to £12,000, except for those over 65.
55% : A substantial council tax levy on properties valued above £2 million is projected to generate £0.4 billion in 2029-30, the OBR has confirmed.
54% : There will also be permanently lower tax rates for over 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties with a £4.3bn support package spanning three years.
53% : Ms Reeves intends to reduce the writing down allowance main rate in corporation tax to generate £1.5bn.
53% : Both employers and employees are keen to lock in the tax and National Insurance savings on pension contributions this year, and we expect many to maximise contributions before the window closes.
51% : My choice is a Budget for fair taxes, strong public services, and a stable economy.
51% : Gambling tax Regarding gambling tax, from April 2026, remote gaming duty (RGD), levied on online casinos, will rise from 21% to 40%, a move that some industry insiders have warned could render some businesses unprofitable and cost thousands of jobs.
48% : We all know it is about the previous fourteen years - the legacy of Brexit and the pandemic, and the damaging decisions of the party opposite".
47% : " Income tax.
47% : " Mansion tax.
47% : " Corporation tax.
47% : Capital gains tax On the topic of capital gains tax, she plans to reduce relief on disposals to employee ownership trusts to raise £900m. Ms Reeves emphasised that the watchdog "are clear that this is not about the last fourteen months.
43% : The chancellor informed the Commons that MPs had brought this issue to her attention, and these payments will be exempt from the tax "regardless of the circumstances in which those payments are passed down to children".
42% : Regarding pensions, Ms Reeves will impose taxes on salary-sacrificed pension contributions to raise £4.7bn.
37% : Reeves has declared that inheritance tax will not apply to compensation paid to victims of the infected blood scandal.
35% : She informed MPs: "Three years ago, in their clamour to cut taxes for those at the top, the Tories under Liz Truss crashed the economy, sent mortgage rates spiralling and brought pensions to the brink.

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