The 2025 Autumn Budget special

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What to read right now…

The 2025 Autumn Budget is here in full if you want to give it a proper read.

But if you can’t be bothered or simply don’t have the time, here are the highlights.

This round up of items in the small print is a good addendum – it includes how self employed workers will be affected and changes to the Lifetime ISA.

There’s also this sketch of how different types of households will be affected.

And for investors, here’s a neat analysis of what it means for the UK stock market in the near term and in future.

The deal that’s a steal…

I’m a recent convert to Crocs.

I needed some water shoes for kayaking in Canada and, as it turned out, they were the best value I could find with just a couple of hours spare in Vancouver.

Anyway, they’ve got up to 50% off a bunch of different styles in their Black Friday sale*, and free delivery plus an extra 10% off at the checkout.

So something like the Classic Clog* comes to just £36.44 delivered to your front door. The more comfortable Bistro Work Clog* comes to the same price.