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Sticking to Labour’s manifesto pledge and freezing income tax thresholds rather than raising income tax has hurt low- and middle-income earners, an influential thinktank...

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the long-anticipated budget. It comes after a report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which analyses policies decided...

Rachel Reeves will face further questions this morning after being accused of presiding over a manifesto-busting budget that rose taxes by £26bn. The chancellor...

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put...

Rachel Reeves has said she recognises she is “asking ordinary people to pay a little bit more” after she announced £26bn worth of tax...

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put...

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is unveiling the long-anticipated budget. It comes after a report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which analyses policies decided...

Farmers have driven a convoy of tractors into Westminster on budget day over proposed inheritance tax changes. They came despite Metropolitan Police restrictions banning...

Multiple London councils have been hit by a cyber attack, with the potential for residents’ data to have been compromised. The Royal Borough of...

A raft of tax rises is expected in the budget this lunchtime – with the chancellor acknowledging that voters are “angry at the unfairness...

A headline tax-raising measure expected in today’s budget is an extension of the freeze on income tax thresholds for another two years beyond 2028,...

This is going to be a big budget – not to mention a complex budget. It could, depending on how it lands, determine the...

The chancellor has vowed to “take the fair and necessary choices” in Wednesday’s budget, as she seeks to grow the economy while keeping the...

Ministers have been briefed on major curbs to the jury service which could see juries only used to decide on cases of murder, rape...

A group of prominent British lawyers and former cabinet ministers have raised “profound concerns” about the trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption...

Mayors will be able to introduce tourist taxes across England, the government has announced. A day before the budget, communities secretary Steve Reed said...