The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you. The fully exposed panel has creocote on the section touching the ground (slabs) but the rest is bare. But i quite like seeing the grain in the wood so i figured maybe a stainer of some kind, to make it look a bit darker, but not too dark like the creocote. Both employees and self-employed workers will pay less in National Insurance from next year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in today's Autumn Statement. NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank to close at least 172 branches in 2023/24 – here's the full list, plus alternatives

I seen some people describing to use a preservative, followed by an oil of some kind. But would that mean re-applying more preservative would be a problem due to the oil on the exterior. Or is it just with creocote because it's solvent based, rather than oil? DANGER Contains: Fuels, diesel. EC No. 269-822-7. UN No. 3082. May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways. Causes skin irritation. Harmful if inhaled. Suspected of causing cancer. May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure. Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand. Keep out of reach of children.Autumn Statement: State pension confirmed to rise by 8.5% from April 2024 – while some benefits will go up by 6.7% Also, when wanting to stain the wood to make it a little bit darker, would you use a strainer in the preservative, or in the oil over the preservative?

Autumn Statement: Workers to pay less in national insurance – but rate cuts don't offset the freezing of personal tax thresholds NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024. Application: Bartoline Creocote can be applied by brush, spray or dip methods. A deeper colour may be attained by applying further treatments. I was reading that i could potentially use a clear wood preserver on my shed then a clear oil over the top and it will be well protected and keep the natural wood look. The shade may vary from batch to batch and it is therefore recommended that containers with the same batch number are selected to ensure shade uniformity. Alternatively, premix different batches. The final shade is dependant upon the timber being treated and the previous covering applied. The colour will fade with time.

Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, housing, national insurance and more I done the same to my fence last year and i treated it with 2 coats of Creocote light brown. It was a bit darker than i would have liked, but it seemed to absorb into the wood great where as the Ronseal paint just sat on top of the wood And the front around the bottom you can see where the Ronseal paint has came off over the last year.

Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, national insurance and more For timbers being set in the ground, apply Bartoline Bitumen Paint to protect against groundwater saturation. Sorry for all the questions but you seem to have a lot more experience with these things than me, and with all the work needed to remove paint it's worth knowing as much as i can before i see what one to go for. I'm in the process of removing the rest of it now with a pressure washer leaving my shed with a completely raw wood finish.