Equilibrium Blog https://eqllp.co.uk/index.php/tools/blocks/blog_posts/rss?bID=2726&cID=168&arHandle=Main&tags=Budget Most recent posts from Blog feeds Equilibrium's Finance and Investment News Roundup https://eqllp.co.uk/blog/weekly-roundup-23-03-16/ As part of our roundup this week, we look at data suggesting George Osborne's target for reducing the budget deficit for the current financial year could be missed, the UK inflation rate remaining unchanged in February, a widening of the national house price gap and new research showing the majority of current account users are regularly facing fees. Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:54:00 GMT Equilibrium's Finance and Investment News Roundup https://eqllp.co.uk/blog/weekly-roundup-16-03-16/ This week's roundup includes weak mining stocks pulling the FTSE 100 lower, a profits increase for Legal & General, calls for some women to access their state pensions early and a warning of further cuts in this week's Budget. Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:24:00 GMT Budget Update: Dividend Dilemma https://eqllp.co.uk/blog/budget-update-dividend-dilemma/ One of the surprises in the recent budget was the news that basic rate taxpayers will pay a new tax on dividends and those in higher rate tax brackets would pay more. Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:59:00 BST