Chancellor George Osborne has announced that he will be holding a second Budget of 2015 on 8 July. He says that this will be a budget for "working people".

There will be a great deal of speculation as to what will be announced over the next couple of months, as we don't want to waste space, we will only report the measures that we are certain of:

According to the Conservative's manifesto there are plans to cut some £12 billion from benefits and tax avoidance remains a key issue.

Several measures that were expected to be included in the first Finance Act 2015 were omitted, announcements are expected on these, they include:

What else?

Consultation has been ongoing over the last few months on a range of topics including: