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Reeves draws line under tax rises, but will Labour’s other pledges survive?
Labour’s Budget pushed levies on employers to the limit — Trump era may mean preparing households for pain tooWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Labour draws dividing line on tuition fees
Party may hit political difficulties as the amount rises with inflation and system loses its original advantagesWorld - Financial Times - November 5 -
Farmer uproar a consequence of Labour’s high-risk tax pledges
Farmers’ union and government diverge on scale of impact of Budget changesWorld - Financial Times - November 20 -
The Papers: Labour targets waiting lists but tax rises 'won't cure NHS'
The measures expected in Wednesday's Budget, particularly those focused on the NHS, lead the papers.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Labour challenges Badenoch to back billions for public services and tax rises
Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win. Labour has thrown down an immediate challenge to the new Tory leader, Kemi ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF
Rare intervention comes as Resolution Foundation says UK will remain ‘stagnation nation’ despite push to invest. ‘It has a political vision’: five viewpoints on budget Budget 2024: what it ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Barclays’ chief defends Reeves as business criticises Budget tax rises
Retail and hospitality bosses warn UK chancellor that national insurance changes will lead to job lossesBusiness - Financial Times - October 31 -
Reeves tells firms no more tax rises as she defends Budget
Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the CBI conference she is "not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes".Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
The Papers: 'No more tax rises, insists Reeves' and 'PM in jobs push'
The Chancellor ruling out more tax rises and the PM's pledge to "overhaul" job centres leads the papers.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Autumn budget live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools
Chancellor announces changes to employers’ national insurance contributions, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and other duties. Budget 2024: key points at a glance Full report: Reeves raises ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Budget 2024: Reeves reveals £40bn in tax rises as she promises to rebuild public services
Chancellor announces increases in taxation for businesses and the wealthy, and more money for the NHS and schools. Autumn budget live: latest news 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 -
PMQs live: Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises when challenged to repeat what Reeves told CBI
PM said he was not going to write the next five years of budgets. William Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.. The ...World - The Guardian - 21 minutes ago -
Mexican peso and Canadian dollar fall after Trump’s tariff pledge
European equities slip while US Treasury yields edge higherBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
IMF hails Reeves’ ‘sustainable’ tax rises; Resolution Foundation says budget marks ‘decisive shift from planned cuts’ – business live
Foundation says there will be better funded public services in schools, NHS and justice but households face further squeeze. And a few more – Resolution Foundation analysis:. Tax and benefit ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Labour’s home insulation pledge in doubt, say consumer rights groups
Campaigners warn Budget pledge falls far short of manifesto promise to support energy efficiencyWorld - Financial Times - November 1 -
The Papers: Labour to 'miss homes pledge' and 'pension megafunds' plan
Concerns over housing targets and plans to make councils merge their pension funds lead the papers.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
Minister warns on Labour pledge to build 1.5mn new UK homes
Meeting target will be ‘more difficult than we expected’ because of supply downturn, Matthew Pennycook saysWorld - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
UK Labour’s Budget borrows big, taxes more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £40bn tax increase and a sharp rise in borrowingWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
The US-UK special relationship will survive Labour involvement in this election
The decision of Labour Party volunteers to go to the U.S to knock on doors for Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked controversy, with Republicans filing an FEC complaint and suggesting it could ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Business and wealthy bear brunt of £40bn tax increases in UK Budget
Markets unsettled by extent of government borrowing as Rachel Reeves boosts spendingBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Sunak accuses Reeves of breaking election promises on tax
Tory leader says Labour chancellor is ‘fiddling the fiscal rules’ in her first BudgetBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Reeves My Lips, No New Taxes (On Business)
Chancellor tells businesses she is “not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes”.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Reeves reiterates no more tax increases on UK businesses
Chancellor defends her Budget at CBI conference, saying revenue-raising measures were necessaryBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
UK Budget as it happened: Rachel Reeves raises tax, spending and borrowing
Taxes rise as chancellor delivers the first Labour budget since 2010Business - Financial Times - October 30 -
G20 waters down support for Ukraine amid pressure for peace talks
Advanced economies omit criticism of Moscow targeting civilian infrastructure and nuclear threats in Rio statementWorld - Financial Times - November 19 -
Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to 'rebuild' the UK
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says taxes will rise by $52 billion to plug a hole in the public finances and provide new funding for the U.K.‘s cash-starved public services, as she announced ...World - ABC News - October 30 -
Britain's Labour Party Bets on Big Taxes, Borrowing to Boost Economy
The U.K.’s new government presented its plan to jolt the country out of years of moribund growth: more taxes and a bigger state.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 30 -
UK Budget: Labour Party to Raise Taxes by 40 Billion Pounds
Rachel Reeves, the finance minister, announced substantial tax increases in her first budget as she sought to strengthen public finances and services.Business - The New York Times - October 30 -
Businesses warn Labour’s £25bn ‘tax on jobs’ will hurt hiring
Companies criticise rise in employers’ national insurance contributionsBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Rachel Reeves’ budget leaves her little room to manoeuvre
Bet on long-term improvements will make spending review in 2027 a crunch time for the governmentWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
UK's ultra-rich feel the pinch from Labour's tax-raising budget
Britain's wealthy are feeling the pinch following a slew of targeted tax hikes in the Labour government's budget, with many saying they are making good on plans to leave.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
Relations between Ukraine and UK are worse under Labour, say Kyiv officials
Exclusive: Zelenskyy administration expresses frustration with Starmer over lack of missiles. Ukraine’s relationship with the UK has “got worse” since the Labour government took power in July, ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
UK momentum on Ukraine has dropped under Labour, Ben Wallace says
Former Tory defence minister says leadership of Sunak era is lacking and bureaucracy is holding up equipment. Momentum on Ukraine has “dropped back” since Labour took office, according to the ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
Labour under fire for failing to name MPs for key EU role
Calls for UK to work more closely with the EU on everything from defence and trade to immigration grow following Trump’s re-election. Keir Starmer’s government is coming under fire for having ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
‘Question loan charge tax officials under oath’
MPs pledge independent inquiry into much-criticised policyWorld - Financial Times - November 15 -
Reeves to promise ‘wealth and opportunity for all’ in major tax-raising budget
Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises. Autumn budget live: latest news updates The UK’s national minimum wage is to rise by a ...World - The Guardian - October 29