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Chancellor John Healey leaves 11 Downing Street to present the Autumn Budget to Parliament | Pic Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Budget: breathing space for today, fresh hope for the future

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during an Innovation Nation Summit in Manchester, | Pic Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Kirkcaldy ‘doesn’t need warm words from Andy Burnham – it needs decisions’

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his keynote speech on day three of the Labour Party Conference at Liverpool Experience Campus | Pic Leon Neal/Getty Images

Melanie Ward MP: Prime Minister Andy Burnham understands towns like Kirkcaldy

Vaping Products Duty will tax e-liquid at a flat rate of 22p per millilitre plus 20 per cent VAT

The cost of vaping to rise when new tax law comes in

Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrives to officially open No10 North at Heron House, Manchester (Pic: James Speakman - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

How new PM Andy Burnham can inspire the ‘Kirkcaldy test’ for key decisions

John Sim came back to Raith Rovers' Stark's Park as interim chairman in March

Sim: Raith Rovers faced going into administration

Nemesis Reborn has returned as one of Alton Towers’ headline thrill rides after its major rebuild

Summer VAT move could cut family attraction costs

Wendy at Interiors at Forty Four in Cupar

North East Fife MP supports Small Business Saturday

Wendy Chamberlain MP calls for emergency hospitality VAT cut at Budget as families “priced out” of both keeping warm and going out

Political opinion: Wendy Chamberlain MP calls for emergency hospitality VAT cut ...

Businesses are being offered laptops for tiny prices in the Raylo Business summer sale

Leasing laptops from just £5/month in Raylo Business summer sale

Rachel Reeves pictured during a visit to the St Fergus Gas Plant in St Fergus, northern Scotland on August 1, 2025 (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Possible tax rises coming in next Budget - what they may mean for you

A general stadium view of Stark's Park in Kirkcaldy (Pic by Finlay Thom/SNS Group)

Raith Rovers keen to hear from businesses seeking Stark's Park naming rights

Solar panels - smart move (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Be energy smart install solar panels today

Bookkeeping needn't be a pain if you have the right software

90% off QuickBooks deal makes bookkeeping a breeze

Keeping the books up to date is a task every business owner needs to master

High-tech accounting software now just £1 per month thanks to a deal

The best business software can save you hours every week. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Quickbooks offers 90% off - as Lampard becomes their brand ambassador
Great B2B software gets you out from under piles of paperwork and back in front of your customers. This deal might be just the job.
Marc Reeves

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

The new Kirkcaldy Lottery is drawn in just a few days (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy Lottery: tickets snapped up ahead of first jackpot draw

Colin Salmond-Wallace, trustee with the Adam Smith Global Foundation (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy Lottery: this is when it launches and how to buy tickets

The Kirkcaldy Lottery will generate local winners and help town centre projects (Pics: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy Lottery launches with £25,000 jackpot to help town centre projects

Heat pumps are pricey - but there’s some big savings to be had and they can pay off in the long run

I priced up a heat pump to replace my groaning gas boiler

Richard Bouglet of Fife-based L'Art du Vin outlines why you should pay a little extra for a bottle of wine (Pics: Submitted)

Fife wine importer on fixed costs to consider when buying a bottle of wine

How much wine, beer & spirits will cost after government tax increase

There are more electric cars on the roads in Fife (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Rise in number of electric cars on Fife roads is revealed

Superdrug to cut cost of sun cream with items available from just £2.79

Superdrug to cut cost of suncream with items available from just £2.79

Mars Wrigley factory fined after two people fell into vat of chocolate

Here’s where to get the best deals for National Pizza Day.

Five places to get cheap pizza on National Pizza Day
National Pizza Day often sees restaurants and takeaways offer big savings on the food favourite - here’s where to get the best deals.
Sophie Wills

The Gunner Club in Kirkcaldy

Housing plan revealed for site of Kirkcaldy’s famous Gunner Club

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt expected to announce increase to National Living Wage

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming in Autumn Statement

Chancellor urged to slash VAT on public EV charging

Public EV charging hits £1 per kWh as Osprey hikes prices by 50%

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Campaigners demand 25p fuel duty cut to ease cost of living crisis

Greggs set to extend opening hours and delivery services - but prices could rise

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Treasury makes £46 in tax per full tank as fuel costs hit new high

Energy crisis pushing more people in to debt

These are the top 15 ways Brits are caught out financially on holiday

Martin Lewis shares exact salary you need to be earning to benefit from tax chan...

Price of Tesco sanitary pads doubles - here’s where to find the cheapest product...

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Forecourt fuel thefts jump 200% as petrol prices soar

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Calls to cut VAT on fuel as petrol price set to hit £1.60 a litre

Government urged to cut VAT on public EV charging

Drivers overcharged £156 million for fuel in December as retailers failed to pass on wholesale savings (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Drivers overcharged £156 million for fuel in December as retailers failed to pas...

Martin Lewis is urging the government to intervene now to avoid a crisis in the energy market (Photo: ITV)

Rising energy bills could lead to ‘eat or heat’ dilema for households

Land Rover Defender V8 & 110 Hard Top review: Chalk and cheese 4x4s

Where to find the cheapest fuel as prices soar 30p per litre in a year

Diesel price rockets to all-time high as oil costs climb

Petrol prices reach new record high

Calls for tax cut as petrol prices hit 9-year high

The discount will be available at 870 pubs to mark Tax Equality Day on 23 September (Photo: Getty Images)

Wetherspoons is slashing food and drink prices by 7.5% for one day only

2021 Suzuki Jimny LCV

Suzuki Jimny LCV review: an uncompromsing off-roader (apart from the compromises...

The change in VAT rules means that Wetherspoons will be adding around 40p to its meal prices (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Wetherspoons will be increasing its prices following lockdown

Graham and Rachel Bucknall from the TBC Pub Company.

Fife restaurants give mixed response to UK Government budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Budget on Wednesday (3 March) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how the Budget announcement will affect your personal finances - key chan...

Labour leader Keir Starmer will lay out major new policies in speech today - how to watch it (Photo by Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images)

Labour leader Keir Starmer will lay out major new policies in speech today - how...

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