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 - 6 hours ago

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 - 17 hours ago

UK ministers seek to reassure bond investors on their borrowing plans

Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones sets out ‘guardrails’ for investment

Business - Financial Times - October 17

Reeves aims to close £40bn funding gap as she plans tax rises in Budget

Figure is significantly more than the £22bn fiscal hole the government previously identified

Business - Financial Times - October 15

UK borrowing costs hit post-election high on eve of Reeves’ first Budget

Chancellor will draw parallels with Tony Blair government’s efforts to repair country’s social fabric in late 1990s

Business - Financial Times - 16 hours ago

UK borrowing rises ahead of Budget

Official data shows borrowing - the difference between spending and tax take - reached £16.6bn last month.

Chris Mason: A change-making Budget but a moment of jeopardy

The government's fate will depend on whether it can make things better, says political editor Chris Mason.

Reeves eyeing £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts

Filling the £22bn financial "black hole" would only be enough “to keep public services" still, she told a meeting.

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 - 5 hours ago

U.K. borrowing costs rise in volatile trade after budget delivered

U.K. government bond yields were volatile on Wednesday as traders initially welcomed news that the government would prioritize tax rises ahead of increased borrowing as it strives to fill a fiscal ...

Business - MarketWatch - 9 hours ago

Bond market braced for rise in UK debt issuance to £300bn this year

Investment banks pencil in second-biggest annual gilt sales figure on record ahead of Labour’s first Budget

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

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 - 17 minutes ago

UK ministers pledge crackdown on rising car insurance costs

Watchdogs, industry and consumer groups instructed to join taskforce as part of push to tackle ‘spiralling’ prices

Business - Financial Times - October 15

The difference between Harris and Starmer

A cautious politician is easier to elect than an ambiguous one

Business - Financial Times - October 16

UK to slash overseas aid in Budget as asylum seeker costs rise

International development organisations warn country’s contribution could slump to its lowest level in 17 years

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Treasury confirms plans for inflation-busting rise in UK social housing rents

Rachel Reeves also announces £500mn cash boost to promote building of affordable homes

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

UK public borrowing exceeds official forecast in September

Data comes as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to raise taxes in next week’s Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Reeves signals business taxes will rise in Budget

Chancellor says companies understand government must make ‘difficult decisions’ to balance books

Business - Financial Times - October 14

Amazon's satellite spending has investors on edge. The payoff may be worth the wait

Amazon is pouring money into satellite internet service Project Kuiper. Investors have questions on what it means for profits.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Companies curb UK advertising spending ahead of the Budget

Marketing budgets fail to grow for the first time in 14 quarters, trade body finds

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Starmer and Reeves face down cabinet revolt over spending cuts

Ministers complain about Treasury approach as prime minister and chancellor finalise October 30 Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Reeves wraps up ‘grim’ spending talks amid council bankruptcy fears

Local government expected to suffer further squeeze in chancellor’s first Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 23

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 - 8 hours ago