Money blog: State pension hike next April revised after new wage data

Labour has promised income tax, national insurance and VAT won't change on 30 October .

Chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested those with the "broadest shoulders" would take the biggest hit.

Another option would be taking national insurance from employer pension contributions.

Ms Reeves has previously confirmed the 25% cap on corporation tax will remain.

A third of houses for sale on Zoopla are 'chain free' as investors and second home owners look to sell.

Prime Minister says much of the budget speculation to have emerged so far is "wide of the mark" Council tax is set in bands that are based on the 1991 value of homes, which has been branded "absurd" by the IFS and "incredibly poorly designed".

Tax rises are widely expected to fill a 22bn black hole left by the Tories .

But this could become less of a problem if the fiscal rules the chancellor has committed to were to change.

Even if this does happen, Ed Conway warned "there will be more bad news to come" The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the tax burden will likely stay at its 70-year high for decades .