The Government has announced important changes to voluntary national insurance contributions (NICs) for individuals working abroad

The Government has announced an easement to planned changes to business property relief (BPR) and agricultural property relief (APR) from 6 April 2026

Two major changes to statutory sick pay will be introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025 from 6 April 2026

From 2 January 2026, suppliers of most standalone private hire and taxi journeys can no longer use the tour operators’ margin scheme (TOMS)

Most people who were eligible to receive the 2025-26 winter fuel payment (WFP) and did not opt out will have received it automatically in November or December 2025

From April 2029, income tax self assessment taxpayers who also have PAYE income will pay some of their self assessment liability via PAYE

The new points-based penalties system will apply to all self assessment taxpayers from April 2027, not just those within Making Tax Digital for income tax (MTD IT)

With just one month to go before the first tranche of individuals are required to sign up to MTD for income tax, HMRC is writing to taxpayers it believes might be affected