What the UK Budget means for green growth

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

UK consumers in ‘a despondent mood’ ahead of the budget; pound on track for worst month in a year – business live

People holding ‘their breath’ to see what’s in store for them in Rachel Reeves’s first budget, reports GfK. Budget will reverse huge cuts in UK’s public investment, Reeves confirms Fewer ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

‘The storm before the storm’: UK lawyers race to deal with deluge of Budget enquiries

Proposed changes to inheritance and capital gains taxes have led to frenzy of client activity

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect 'harsh' economic reality

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh” fiscal environment

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

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 - 2 days ago

Scotland to receive extra £3.4bn from UK Budget, says chancellor

Rachel Reeves has announced several measures that will directly affect Scotland.

The UK Budget in five charts: Reeves limits BoE space for rate cuts

Central bank is nevertheless still likely to ease policy this year and next

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Budget boost to UK economy forecast to fade after two years

The government's official forecaster raises its prediction for UK growth in 2024 and 2025 but reduces it for later years.

UK hits wealthy with raids on non-doms, private equity and estates

Chancellor pressed ahead with contentious changes to offshore trusts used by rich foreigners

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt sell-off intensifies

Bond markets unnerved by scale of extra borrowing in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

Charities, universities and GPs warn NI tax rise will hit jobs and services

Funding boost will be wiped out by cost of meeting higher employer levy, say contracted service providers and education bodies

Business - Financial Times - 8 hours ago

Rachel Reeves defiant after historic tax and spend Budget

Verdict of markets will be critical for UK chancellor’s plans to increase government borrowing

Business - Financial Times - 7 hours ago

Surge in UK borrowing costs is not a repeat of the 'mini-budget' crisis, economists say

"It isn't anything like we saw with the Trussonomics mini-budget when that spike really was high after those unfunded tax cuts came in," one analyst said.

Business - CNBC - 3 hours ago

Investors warn of lasting ‘risk premium’ in gilts following UK Budget

Traders play down parallels with 2022 market crisis but say rise in borrowing costs will linger

Business - Financial Times - 5 hours ago

Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease

Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest rates charged on British debt steadying and the pound rising against most other ...

World - ABC News - 1 hour ago

Ryanair warns air travel tax rises mean 10% of its UK flights could be cut

CEO Michael O’Leary says decision to raise passenger duty ‘will deliver cuts, not growth’

Business - Financial Times - 3 hours ago

The indoor plant market is in full bloom. Here’s what’s driving that growth

House plants have been welcomed into homes for centuries, but in recent years, a botanical renaissance has bloomed. The global indoor plants market was valued at just under $20 billion last year, ...

NHS, schools, transport: Where Budget pledges are being spent

BBC correspondents analyse how much Budget money has been pledged in key areas and where the money will be spent.

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