All news on the topic: The Budget

In 138 out of a list of Labour leader Keir Starmer's possible 150 target seats - currently held by the Tories or the SNP - pressure on families' budgets is the top issue

Ahead of the Budget this week, unions representing millions of stretched frontline workers warn the Chancellor staff face 'intolerable pressure' and are quitting in their droves

Labour’s analysis of official data shows that in the 15 months after July-September 2022, the number of 16-24 year olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) rose by 90,000, or an average of 6,000 a month

The figure has grown by a staggering £25billion since last November - with almost all of it blown while Rishi Sunak was either Chancellor or Prime Minister

Major nursery providers warned that they would be forced to go bust if the scheme is introduced in its current form, leaving disappointed parents unable to claim places for their children

We round up all the money changes coming up this month, including the Budget, rail fare increases and all the financial schemes that are closing like the Warm Home Discount

90 MPs and peers have written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to urge him to extend the Household Support Fund in next week's Budget as it is due to come to an end next month

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had described scrapping the status as the 'wrong thing to do' but is now desperately searching for cash to fund a general tax giveaway at the Budget next week

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that Labour would face "the worst inheritance any incoming government has ever had since the Second World War" if they won the next election

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will deliver what could be the last Budget before the general election as he faces intense pressure from Tory MPs to slash taxes

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will unveil his pre-election Budget today with measures expected on tax, tobacco levies, fuel duty and mortgages for first-time buyers

Ahead of the Budget next week, a poll found that three-quarters of people either want taxes to stay the same or be increased so there is enough money for public services

Shoppers across the UK are paying almost £250 million a year in VAT alone, on the household item - with the typical home getting through 127 rolls a year

The impending arrival of the high-speed railway will lead to the creation of around 41,000 new homes, nearly 31,000 new jobs and more than 700,000 square metres of new commercial floorspace in the region, analysis commissioned by HS2 Ltd found

The Chancellor would not be drawn into confirming suggestions that further tax cuts would be announced at the Spring Budget

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been dropping hints that he would like to slash taxes in the Budget in March - but he has now issued a warning to top Tories clamouring for tax cuts

The International Monetary Fund said cuts now would mean less money for spending on vital services such as the NHS as they downgraded the UK's growth forecast

The plans for the levy, which will likely increase the cost of vaping liquid by at least a quarter, will be unveiled in Jeremy Hunt's Budget on March 6

Entrepreneur Ruby Raut started her own period pants brand, WUKA, in 2017 - and has been campaigning for this measure for five years

Ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, the Resolution Foundation said Whitehall departments are braced for cuts on the scale of those unleashed by George Osborne

Keir Mudie says many other pollsters have the Labour Party lead narrowing and the performance of Rishi Sunak, whose personal ratings are improving, is a bit of a headache as well

The Government intends to use Personal Independence Payments, a benefit designed to help us cover extra living costs as Disabled people, as the passport for additional Universal Credit money

The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts

Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the richest, while the low paid are expected to have to work for longer before claiming a state pension

Baroness JoJo Penn insisted: "The vision for the future of our defence that we set out in the original Integrated Review remains the vision for defence that we have set out in this country"