autumn Budget Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/autumn-budget/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:17:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png autumn Budget Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/autumn-budget/ 32 32 Fuel prices rocket https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/10/16/fuel-prices-soar-with-inflation-and-bonds/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:17:43 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12444 So, diesel and petrol (and heating oil) prices have been rocketing, with the former being the highest it has ever been. Curiously, political pundits pay little heed to the amounts of tax inclusive within the prices we pay, all the way from production to refining and the levies, before VAT is added. They don’t also […]

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]]> US interest rates rise https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/09/26/interest-rates-rise-us-is-uk-next/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:16:45 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12429 Interest rates in the US have been increased as a signal that inflation is too high. Here at home, that has been deferred, at least by a month… to the relief of the Chancellor as rates on government borrowing also slipped a tad and off their recent peaks, though that is likely to be somewhat […]

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]]> Happy New Year for farmers https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/01/06/happy-new-year-for-farmers/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12147 A Happy New Year. I hope that your celebrations of all Christmas really means was good and joyful and that you have seen-in the New Year with relish! Already the days are opening-out and spring, albeit very cold, is daring to peek through the wintry gloom. What a nice Christmas present for ‘farmers’ with the […]

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]]> Is the economy in good hands? https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/18/is-the-economy-in-good-hands/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12122 So we enter a new era with Labour ‘less trusted on the economy than Liz Truss’ Conservatives according to the last YouGov Poll. Indeed, the descent of the Labour dream seems to have been as sharp as the fall in YouGov’s share price now somewhat sorry for itself too and like Labour’s fortunes.  I predict […]

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]]> Toothless Budget lacked real drive https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/12/04/toothless-budget-lacks-real-drive/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12108 For readers here, the biggest pieces of good news were what she didn’t do, such as attacking pension tax-free lump sums or tax relief on contributions, no lifetime Inheritance Tax on gifts or changes to present allowances and no changes to CGT. We did our best to discourage people from taking their cash from pensions […]

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]]> Welcome to our new clients https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/24/clients-new-and-old-very-welcome/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:56:46 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12078 Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to welcome a number of new clients bringing funds to our fold – thank you very much indeed for the confidence expressed and looking forward to having you in our Elite Club! We don’t take ‘just anybody’, either! We guarantee one thing – that we shall try our best […]

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]]> Budget ‘black hole’ is filling with rumour if nothing else… https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/24/budget-rumours-swirl-amid-speculation/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12091 This Wednesday, (November 26) the Chancellor will unveil her much-anticipated Autumn Budget and reveal her latest plans for filling the alleged ‘£20 billion black hole’ in the public finances. Or is it £30bn? So what will be in Rachel Reeve’s Budget and how might it affect you? That is certainly the £20billion question because, as […]

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]]> What the Chancellor should be saying in a pre-Budget speech… https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/12/chancellor-gives-pre-budget-speech-joke/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12096 We try not to do politics in these columns but following headlines suggesting Chancellor Rachel Reeves may well become the first to increase Income Tax in 50 years in fact (breaking manifesto pledges in the process), we had a little go at envisaging her speech before the November 26 Budget. (The following is tongue in […]

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]]> A message from the Chancellor… https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/11/07/chancellor-pre-budget-speech/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12068 Good afternoon. I have just returned from a relaxing and much-needed break which took us to bustling Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. Yes, I took the computer though the inbox defied my occasional review so apologies if you are still awaiting my reply! I returned to an unexpected speech from our Chancellor. I should like to […]

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]]> Uncertainty and wobbles on global stage https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/10/23/growth-slows-amid-global-uncertainty/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12055 Some really positive news from the Middle East at last. Whatever you think of him, well done President Trump for being the catalyst – time to move onto Russia in earnest now.  Let us hope that this awful conflict will also be over very soon now. Sadly, economically at home, unemployment rises, wage growth slows, […]

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