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How can Rachel Reeves fill the UK’s £40bn Budget gap?

Chancellor’s options hemmed in by Labour election promises and NHS spending

Business - Financial Times - October 18

13 Best Tested Computer Monitors (2024): Budget, OLED, 4K

The Gear team spends countless hours in front of displays while writing for you. So we reviewed those too (including a few portable screens).

Tech - Wired - October 18

U.S. budget deficit in fiscal 2024 swells to third-highest level on record

The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2024 was $1.8 trillion, up 8% from a year ago, as the government’s spending continued to swamp revenue.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

Reeves Puts Bond Market Over UK Ministers in High-Risk Budget

World - Yahoo News - October 19

From the budget to waxing: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

World - The Guardian - October 21

Reeves banks on big Budget wheeze to reconcile Labour’s pledges

Continuing Tory ‘stealth’ freeze on thresholds pulls many middle earners into higher rate, but carries risks

World - Financial Times - October 21

UK capital gains tax receipts surge ahead of Budget

Revenue rises 16.3% between July and September as investors rush to get ahead of expected rate increase

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Liz Truss’s mini-Budget: lessons from a moronic episode

Central banks should not deny they will act in a crisis and Labour’s Budget is not another Truss moment

World - Financial Times - October 22

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

Barnier to pass French austerity budget without vote if needed

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

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 - 4 days ago

Starmer attempts to define 'working people' tax pledge ahead of Budget

The prime minister is under pressure to set out who he is excluding from possible tax increases.

Rachel Reeves aims to raise up to £20bn from national insurance rise

Employers’ contributions set to increase by 2 percentage points in next week’s Budget

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

English winemakers hope for Budget break as excise duty leaves bitter taste

Fast-growing sector struggles with low returns, an increasingly volatile climate and intense competition

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Reeves: ‘My budget will match greatest economic moments in Labour history’

The chancellor says she will invest to reverse Tory decline, but stands accused of breaking party manifesto promises . Labour will launch a new era of public and private investment in hospitals, ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

The Papers: Budget 'to match Labour best' and King back to full duties

Rachel Reeves promising to keep Labour's promises and King Charles's health, lead the papers.

‘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 - 2 days ago

Britain's Labour government to deliver debut Budget this week, settling weeks of uncertainty

U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will deliver the government's hotly awaited debut budget on Wednesday, putting to bed weeks of uncertainty over potential tax hikes and spending cuts.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

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