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Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled the 2018 Budget...
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I don't think the basic odds will change, if there are more bonds sold them the prize fund goes up - although your chance of a big prize may diminish very slightly.
12% National Insurance is going to be payable on £796/month before dropping to 2% whereas in the current year it drops to 2% after just £730
BTW it's not £730, as pointed out the NI UEL has been tied to the HRT threshold for many years and is going up to £50k too, so there's an extra 10% NI in that band, making the net gain £365. Some of that is just inflation, and for some will be clawed back by the repeated non indexation of other thresholds like the child ben clawback threshold, the personal allowance withdrawal threshold, and the pension annual allowance. None of which have seen an increase since introduction.