Business leaders warn Reeves about the impact of her Budget tax rises

Banking, energy and transport executives voice concerns in meeting with UK chancellor

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Farmers gather in Whitehall in latest protest against UK Budget tax changes

Tractors park up in main London thoroughfare in rally opposing government inheritance tax reforms
Financial Times - 6h
Rising costs will see disability services cut, leading charity warns

Mencap is one of a number of care organisations warning they will have to axe vital services.
BBC News - 19h
Nurseries warn of rising fees ahead of childcare expansion

Bosses in the early years sector say the government's uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.
BBC News - 1d
Rachel Reeves warns of greater trade barriers with EU unless relationship improves – business live

UK chancellor wants to reset ties with EU; oil and gold prices climb after fall of Assad. Jason Tuvey , deputy chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said:. The fall of Syria’s ...
The Guardian - 2d
No plan for more tax rises but we can't rule it out - Starmer

The PM says voters can judge him at the next general election on whether their living standards have improved.
BBC News - 5d
UK businesses expect lower margins and higher prices after Budget

Survey finds 54% of companies plan to raise prices in 2025 after national insurance increase
Financial Times - 6d
Trump’s populist 'mandate' could disrupt business tax reform wish list

Congress, and the GOP, has changed since then-President Trump and Republicans crafted the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. And while Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leadership are gunning to get a ...
The Hill - 6d
Trump Tax Cuts Won’t Help the Economy Grow, Budget Office Finds

A larger debt and higher interest rates would cancel out the boost from keeping individual taxes lower, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found.
The New York Times - Dec. 4