The Independent - 23 min 14 sec ago
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will also increase investment as she promised to fix the foundations' of the economy.
The Independent - 47 min 25 sec ago
Rachel Reeves is the first female Chancellor and her Budget is Labour's first since 2010.
The Guardian - 50 min 50 sec ago
Rachel Reeves is announcing her financial update here are the main points, with political analysis Politics live: latest news and reaction on UK budget Rachel Reeves says the UK voted for change, and the Labour government has a mandate for a decade of "national renewal". Reeves says Labour inherited a 22bn "black hole" with allegedly unfunded pledges by the Conservative government. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the government's budget watchdog, has published a review...
The Guardian - 2 hours 8 min ago
Eurozone GDP grew by 0.4% in the last quarter, faster than expected, as Germany's economy avoids second contraction in a row Autumn budget live: major tax rises expected as Rachel Reeves prepares to set out first Labour budget in 15 years From capital gains to NICs: tax changes to look out for in autumn 2024 budget Five key charts: what will underpin 2024 budget statement by Rachel Reeves? Newsflash: Germany has avoided falling into recession, in a welcome sign for Europe's largest economy...
ABC News - 3 hours 40 min ago
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her first budget in Parliament...
The Independent - 4 hours 20 min ago
Rachel Reeves is the UK's first female chancellor and she will deliver a Labour budget for the first time since Alistair Darling in March 2010.
The Guardian - 4 hours 38 min ago
The chancellor will deliver the budget at around 12.30pm GMT, just after PMQs Five key charts that underpin the budget Tax changes to look out for In his First Edition newsletter, Archie Bland compares Labour's pre- and post-election promises with what we are expecting to get from the budget today. He quotes Richard Partington , the Guardian's economics correspondent, as saying that, although it will be a tax-raising budget, it will also be "a budget that protects large swathes of what...
The Guardian - 6 hours 38 min ago
In today's newsletter: Labour has told two stories about Rachel Reeves' budget. Will it be an end to austerity or an acceptance of "the harsh light of fiscal reality"? Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. There will be no triumphalism, no big giveaways and certainly no rabbits out of hats: this, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been at pains to tell us, is going to be a very grownup budget. And even though Reeves will promise today that "the prize...
BBC - 14 hours 38 min ago
What could Rachel Reeves' first Budget mean for Wales? Here are five things to watch.
BBC - 14 hours 59 min ago
Rachel Reeves' historic first Budget will set the agenda for the Labour government for years to come.
The Guardian - 15 hours 6 sec ago
Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises The UK's national minimum wage is to rise by a higher than expected 6.7% next year, Rachel Reeves has announced before a multi-billion pound tax-raising budget designed to act as the springboard for a decade of national renewal. Insisting that the increase to 12.21 in the pay floor marks a significant step in Labour's plan to support the low paid, the chancellor will also say she can spare...
Sky News - 19 hours 4 min ago
The Labour manifesto never did add up.
Sky News - 19 hours 21 min ago
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise to "invest, invest, invest" in Labour's first budget for 15 years.
The Guardian - 19 hours 30 min ago
Chancellor calls increase to 12.21 an hour a significant step', with 18- to 20-year-olds in line for a 16% increase The national minimum wage will go up to 12.21 an hour in April after the chancellor confirmed a 6.7% increase, with more than 3 million low-paid workers in line for a pay rise. Rachel Reeves described the move, worth 1,400 a year for an eligible full-time worker, as a "significant step" towards delivering on Labour's manifesto promise to introduce a "genuine living...
BBC - 19 hours 30 min ago
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out the government's financial plans for the next year.
The Guardian - 22 hours 9 min ago
While some want Rachel Reeves to raise taxes for the wealthy, others fear the long-term sick could be penalised UK politics live latest updates Seven Britons share their hopes and fears about the chancellor Rachel Reeves's first budget, and weigh up the needs of pensioners, those unable to work and small businesses, with tax incentives for professionals and the government's budgeting needs. Continue reading...
Fortune - 22 hours 13 min ago
Wednesday's budget, the first by a woman in the 800 years that the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer has existed, will also be one of the most challenging.