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First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s...

The pound has fallen sharply after the chancellor announced the biggest tax rises in a generation. Over the last three days, sterling has dropped...

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said “everything has to be paid for”. The chancellor announced...

First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s...

The pound has fallen sharply after the chancellor announced the biggest tax rises in a generation. Over the last three days, sterling has dropped...

Plans to ban smartphones in schools have been dropped after the government refused to support a change in the law, Sky News understands. Josh...

 👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Is this the budget we were promised by Labour? And where...

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said “everything has to be paid for”. The chancellor announced...

GB News has been fined £100,000 for breaking impartiality rules over a programme featuring Rishi Sunak, Ofcom has said. The regulator announced in May...

The chancellor cannot rule out more tax rises in the next five years, despite raising the burden to its highest level since comparable records...

The 2024 Autumn Budget in one word? Big. What we got from Rachel Reeves today was, in economic terms, a major departure from economic...

The budget will increase taxes by £40bn, with the lion’s share coming from a £25bn rise in employers’ national insurance contributions, the chancellor has...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally unveiled the budget for 2024. Here are the key points: This page is being updated, refresh to see more...

👉 Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share...

‘Everyone in cabinet’ knew the Rwanda deportation bill would not work, according to Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick. Speaking to the Politics Hub With...

The Labour manifesto never did add up. On the one hand, Keir Starmer vowed there would be “no return to austerity” under his government,...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise to “invest, invest, invest” in Labour’s first budget for 15 years. Ms Reeves – who is set to stand...

‘Everyone in cabinet’ knew the Rwanda deportation bill would not work, according to Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick. Speaking to the Politics Hub With...

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 – with pay for those aged 18 to...