The UK economy: A dashboard
This interactive dashboard shows data on economic growth, inflation, trade, employment, government borrowing and debt across the UK.
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Widow's bereavement allowance (120KB PDF)
From 1980 to 2000 widows were entitled to receive a tax allowance – the widow’s bereavement allowance (WBA). In April 2000 the allowance was withdrawn as part of a wider reform in state benefits for widows and widowers. This note gives a short history of the WBA, and the efforts of widowers who lost their spouses before the WBA was withdrawn to claim it.
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Widow's bereavement allowance (120KB PDF)
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The High Income Child Benefit Charge
The High Income Child Benefit Charge provides for Child Benefit to be clawed back through the tax system from families where the highest earner has an income in excess of a set threshold, now set at £60,000.
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Banking, investments and credit FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions relating to banking, credit, mortgages, investments and financial service fraud.
