ARCHIVED: This overview and the Practice Notes in this subtopic have been archived and are not maintained. This subtopic draws together content on the fiscal events throughout the tax year 2024–25, starting with the Spring Budget on 6 March 2024.
All the analysis produced in this subtopic will be collected in Practice Note: 2024–25—Fiscal events, including Spring Budget 2024 and Autumn Budget 2024 and Finance Bills—Private Client analysis [Archived].
For more information on the annual Budget and Finance Bill process, see Practice Note: The Budget and Finance Bill process and Tax—Finance Bill 2025 tracker.
The Spring Budget 2024 was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, on Wednesday 6 March 2024.
Our analysis includes:
Spring Budget 2024—Private Client analysis—a summary of the key private client announcements in the Spring Budget and initial reactions from experts in the market,
Video analysis—Spring Budget 2024: Key Private Client announcements—Neil Lancaster, Private Client partner and John Bull, Head of US UK Private Client at Blick Rothenberg LLP discuss
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