Spring Budget 2021: What are the key takeaways?

On Wednesday (3 March), Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered the Spring budget, outlining what he has planned as we start to come out of lockdown while proposing what he intends to achieve in a post-coronavirus world. Here are the key items that you need to know from this year's Spring budget: 1. DWP to backdate £3bn in state pension underpayments to women A potentially pivotal point to kick off with is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has forecast a payment of £3 billion over the next six years to address underpayments of the state pension to women dati...