Autumn budget live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools

Faisal Islam: Rachel Reeves doesn’t mind if you don't like her Budget

The Budget is about the long game on the economy and Reeves believes the current pain is a price worth paying.

Rachel Reeves’ new rules

She learned this one simple trick… hopefully bond markets don’t HATE her

World - Financial Times - October 24

Hospitality bosses warn Reeves’ UK tax increases will lead to ‘drastic’ job cuts

More than 200 sign letter to chancellor saying rises in national insurance contributions will cause business closures

Business - Financial Times - November 10

The Budget: NHS, Wages and Farms

How are these areas impacted by the Budget?

Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ with summer slowdown as UK slips down G7 growth leaderboard – business live

Latest UK GDP growth report shows UK grew by just 0.1% in July-September, a slowdown on the first half of the year. Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined UK economy Luke ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

It’s hard to fill a budget black hole if you’ve ruled out raising income tax | William Keegan

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were so desperate to win the election that they deprived themselves of the best tools for fixing their bleak ‘inheritance’. It saddens those of us who waited so long ...

World - The Guardian - October 27

UK borrowing costs soar day after Labour government unveiled tax-raising budget

U.K. bond yields spiked sharply Thursday after the ruling Labour Party unveiled a sweeping package of tax hikes and increased borrowing.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Rachel Reeves ain’t ‘working people’, says Starmer

Definitive error

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit

Profile of the UK's first female chancellor as she prepares to deliver first Labour Budget in 14 years.

How will UK tax rises on private equity’s carried interest work?

Changes unveiled in Rachel Reeves’ Budget mean the performance fee will be treated as income from 2026

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Rachel Reeves’ plans to reform Britain’s pensions industry

Proposals expected to lead to rapid consolidation of workplace retirement schemes and reallocation of assets

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

UK Autumn Budget 2024: the chancellor’s speech in full

Rachel Reeves’ statement to the House of Commons

World - Financial Times - October 30

Autumn Budget 2024: where will you feel the pinch?

FT reporters review this week’s £40bn tax-raising measures

World - Financial Times - November 2

Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – UK politics live

Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’. Another Labour politician who has criticised Donald Trump strongly in the past ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Where is the growth in Reeves' 'Budget for growth'?

Labour's first Budget in 14 years had a lot to say about growth, but forecasts paint a mixed picture.

FM pushes for significant NHS cash boost in budget

Eluned Morgan is keen to see investment in the English NHS, which would mean more for Wales as well.

My fiscal rules will provide the stability on which growth depends

Britain faces a choice between investment or decline

Business - Financial Times - October 24

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