Reeves pushes back multiyear UK spending review until June

Delay from planned spring 2025 Treasury announcement will extend period of uncertainty for government departments

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Rachel Reeves loosens UK welfare spending target

Ceiling rises 20% over 5-year period to £200bn to avoid ‘having to take short-term decisions’
World - Financial Times - November 2
UK borrowing costs rise as Reeves’ spending plans unnerve investors

Ten-year gilt yield hits five-month high after chancellor’s first Budget
Business - Financial Times - October 30
UK Budget as it happened: Rachel Reeves raises tax, spending and borrowing

Taxes rise as chancellor delivers the first Labour budget since 2010
Business - Financial Times - October 30
Rachel Reeves goes back to the future with a tax and spend budget

Chancellor heeds calls long made on the left for spending to match other European countries with rise of £70bn a year. Autumn budget live – latest updates Budget 2024: key points at a ...
World - The Guardian - October 30
Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years. Rachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.. She is being ...
World - The Guardian - October 31
Is the UK spending enough on defence?

And what Trump 2.0 could mean for Ukraine.
Top stories - BBC News - November 10
The NHS and education are big winners in Reeves’ spending plan

But some Whitehall departments including the Home Office face real terms cuts to their budgets
World - Financial Times - October 30
Net migration to UK hit record high of 906,000 in year to June 2023, revised figures show

ONS says net migration is now beginning to fall but remains high by ‘historic standards’. Net migration to the UK hit a record high in 2023 of 906,000 in a period covering Boris Johnson and Rishi ...
World - The Guardian - 11 hours ago