Bring your big-screen dreams to life in the north-west Home Counties, a star player in Britain\u2019s film and TV scene. Fall under the spell of the north-east of England on a set-jetting journey that\u2019s laced with magic. The budget followed weeks of messy mixed messaging and political acrimony that continued into the minutes before Reeves stood in the House of Commons. Other measures included a mansion tax, changes to the capital gains tax regime, higher gambling taxes, a new levy on electric car use and a cut to tax-free provisions for private pensions. The biggest change in terms of money raised is freezing the thresholds at which earners pay Britain\u2019s different tax levels for a further three years from 2028, meaning as wages rise, more people fall into higher tax brackets. As the government seeks to reduce the prison population, the BBC visits HMP Send to meet inmates.<\/p>\n
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Widespread industrial action continued into 2023, with approximately 303,000 workers involved in industrial disputes in March 2023. There was far less industrial action by 2024, however, due to settlements in many of the disputes, although some are ongoing as of 2025. Britain\u2019s unpopular center-left Labour government sought to seize the political narrative Wednesday with a tax-raising budget that it hopes will boost economic growth, reduce child poverty and ease cost-of-living pressures. The Roman departure between 383 and 410 was followed by Anglo-Saxon settlement beginning around 450. After the Wars of the Roses, the Kingdom of England began to flourish, resulting in the 16th-century annexation of Wales and the establishment of the British Empire.<\/p>\n