Author: Christina Major

A ‘slip of the tongue’ from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt when speaking to the Lords ‘Economic Affairs Committee’, suggests that the election will be held in October. Previous guesses for the election include 2nd May, which is when local elections are taking place and even as late as December. Sunak in January said that he was expecting to have an election in the second half of the year, this along with the announcement that he would be hosting the second European Political Community summit on the 18th July, suggests that the election will be after this has taken place. The European…

The changes announced on Wednesday 6th March included cutting the main rate of Employee National Insurance from 10% to 8%, an additional £2.5bn in funding for the NHS from 2024-25, with an extra £3.4bn until 2030 that will go to specifically to improve productivity. There have also been some changes in tax rates, with the highest rate of tax paid on profits from selling a property cut from 28% to 24% and a new system of paying tax for those that have ‘non-dom’ status to come in from 2025. Non- dom status means that the person’s permanent home is outside…

Troubles for Birmingham Council began over a decade ago, when in 2012, 174 city employees sued the council under the Equality Act 2010, claiming that there had been unequal pay. Following a court case, in which the Supreme Court sided with the claimants, the council, as of the end of 2023 has paid out £1.1bn and will still have to pay in the region of £650m. Along with these payments, the Council bought a new IT system; Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP System. Originally budgeted at just below £20 million, following issues with payments, data management and background checks, and changes…