All news on the topic: Budget

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Reform tax plan sparks backlash as airline-linked funding raises red flags
Reform’s Robert Jenrick vowed to cut a tax on flights - after being bankrolled by the owner of an airline which would benefit from his policy.
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No projects completed, criminal cases opened: how former Tatarstan ecology minister Alexander Shadrikov turned failure into promotion
Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan, Alexander Shadrikov, failed a national project, became involved in a budget embezzlement scandal—and was promoted to a position in Moscow.
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 3.75% and signals further falls
The base interest rate was cut from 4% to 3.75% on Thursday, as Economics Editor Joel Hills reports.
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Rachel Reeves launches leak inquiry after “damaging” Budget briefings spark Treasury backlash
Rachel Reeves has said there were too many inaccurate and "damaging" leaks in the run-up to the Budget.
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Keir Starmer ’completely losing the plot’: PM defends against claims Richard Hughes was forced out
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told Prime Minister’s Questions that Richard Hughes, the former chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), was "forced out for telling the truth" after the chancellor had "twisted the facts" on the Budget black hole.
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Rachel Reeves scraps ’expensive’ electric car tax: Disabled drivers set to save £440 annually
Disabled drivers could be set for a major boost due to a little-known Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) change in Rachel Reeves’ budget.
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Rachel Reeves is accused of talking up the ’fiscal challenge’ before announcing £26 billion worth of tax rises
Treasury minister James Murray insists Rachel Reeves has been honest with the public after the Chancellor was accused of misleading the public.
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Harbour Energy to cut 100 offshore jobs after Windfall tax stays
Last week, Harbour Energy said it was “disappointed with the outcome” after there was no reform to the windfall tax in the UK budget.
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Starmer scrambles to cut welfare after backlash over ‘Benefits Street Budget
Keir Starmer has been forced into a panicked pledge to try to cut welfare after his "Benefits Street Budget" triggered a fierce backlash and left Rachel Reeves fighting to keep her job.
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PM backs reeves despite OBR clash over “non-existent” budget gap
The support for the PM seems to be directly conflicting with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which stated it informed the Chancellor as early as October 31 that there was no longer a deficit in the public finances.
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Rachel Reeves vows not to ‘lose control of public spending’ as she prepares major growth-focused Budget
Rachel Reeves has insisted that she will not ’lose control of public spending’ as she prepares to deliver a crucial Budget she says will help her ’push ahead with the biggest drive for growth in a generation’.
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Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash cash Isa limit sparks warnings of higher mortgage rates and shrinking savings
Building societies fear consumers will be deterred from saving if the chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction
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UK to slap sugar tax on milkshakes and lattes as government scraps exemption for pre-packaged dairy drinks
Milkshakes and lattes face tax hikes as the government confirmed it is extending the ’sugar tax’.
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PM declines 12 times to rule out tax rises ahead of next week’s budget
The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby.
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Ukrainian vodka tycoon Yevhen Chernyak avoids treason case after sudden rapprochement with the entourage of the head of the President’s Office Yermak
«The law enforcement system has blown all safeguards… What investments can we talk about when rear rats perceive the war as a source of personal enrichment? Why are you destroying your own patriotic entrepreneurs?»
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Labour under pressure as Starmer won’t rule out breaking manifesto pledge on tax thresholds
Sir Keir Starmer did not rule out the possibility of freezing income tax thresholds, which would constitute a breach of a Labour manifesto promise.
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Home Office under fire after admitting no clear plan behind PCC abolition
The Home Office stated last Thursday that the policy would save £100 million of taxpayers’ money by the end of the Parliament.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges action as UK inflation slows but food costs climb
The UK inflation rate decreased to 3.6% in the year leading up to October, yet food prices increased once more after a decline in September.
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WHO faces $1bn budget gap and 2,000+ job losses after loss of US support
Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work.
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Rachel Reeves eyes new ‘milkshake tax’ as Treasury hunts for £20bn
Rachel Reeves is set to announce a so-called "milkshake tax" in a bid to fill her £20 billion budget black hole.
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Shona Robison attacks ‘chaotic’ UK budget as Chancellor reportedly drops tax rises
The UK’s Budget process has "descended into complete chaos," Scotland’s Finance Secretary said as she pushed for a meeting with the Chancellor.
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Rachel Reeves sparks market chaos after latest U-turn on income tax plans
Rachel Reeves has lost control. For two weeks, she dropped heavy hints that she’d hike income tax in her upcoming Budget, softening up the public for a breach of Labour’s biggest manifesto promise.
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Reeves abandons income tax increase as Labour seeks smaller tax measures
Labour had prepared to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now reversed its decision.
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Government in turmoil as Wes Streeting denies plotting coup against Keir Starmer
The Government descended into civil war tonight as Wes Streeting was compelled to deny planning a coup against Keir Starmer.
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Rachel Reeves faces backlash as Budget hike leads to record job cuts
Rachel Reeves’s decision to impose a £25 billion “jobs tax” on employers in last year’s Budget remains her single biggest blunder, and that’s saying something.