Reeves shatters manifesto ‘matrix’ with blockbuster Budget

Shohei Ohtani 50-50 home run ball auctions at record-shattering $4.4 million after last-minute flurry of bids

The Ohtani ball auction was two minutes from ending. Then 11 bids came in.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 23

UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves

The chancellor says she understands why countries are making demands but the UK will not pay out.

The Papers: Reeves 'risks hurting pensioners' and shoplifting 'crisis'

Warnings ahead of Rachel Reeves' first Budget, and the soaring cost of theft from shops, lead the papers.

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

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Business - Financial Times - October 25

Private equity eyes a deal with Reeves on carried interest

Labour’s agenda highlights tension between raising taxes and courting internationally mobile financiers

World - Financial Times - October 29

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.

Watch: Reeves 'deeply proud' to be first female chancellor

The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

Sunak accuses Reeves of breaking election promises on tax

Tory leader says Labour chancellor is ‘fiddling the fiscal rules’ in her first Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 30

Reeves has made her choice — but success is not guaranteed

The British people will hope that higher spending delivers the better services they want

Business - Financial Times - October 30

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

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 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

Reeves 'not immune' to criticism over NI hike

The chancellor defends the rise in employer contributions telling BBC public finances had to be strengthened.

Reeves in radical pension shake-up to boost growth

The chancellor wants to merge the UK's pension funds but critics worry about the impact on savers.

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