3 h. ago Gambling giants warn of £700 million hit from Chancellor's betting duty hikes

The OBR said it expected the changes to raise an extra £1.1 billion a year for the Treasury by 2029-30

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19 h. ago How the Budget will affect you: Winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ tax rises and new spending

Business owners, landlords and EV drivers were hit in the chancellor’s Budget

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35 h. ago Aldi boss promises to lock prices on hundreds of Christmas items despite brutal Budget blow to hit supermarkets

THE boss of Aldi has promised his customers a Christmas bonus — hours before a Budget that is tipped to give supermarkets the chills. Chief exec Giles Hurley vowed to freeze prices on hundreds of items — including turkey, veg and all the trimmings — even if his chain takes a hit from Chancellor Rachel...

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49 h. ago Why Keir Starmer's home will avoid Chancellor's 'mansion tax' set to hit thousands of Londoners

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a surcharge – estimated at an average of £4,500 – on homes in the highest council tax bands in her Budget

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2 d. ago Autumn Budget 2025: Live updates as Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to hit Londoners with tax rises

A ‘mansion tax’, income tax threshold freeze extension and pay-per-mile levy for electric vehicle drivers are among the measures the Chancellor is expected to announce

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3 d. ago Chancellor urged to take ‘hard choices’ rather than hit businesses with more tax

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith called for Rachel Reeves to stand up to opposition to welfare cuts.

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3 d. ago Thousands of Londoners 'to be hit by new expensive homes tax surcharge' in Budget

The Chancellor will reportedly hit homeowners with properties worth more than £2million with a levy that could raise £400-£450 million

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves receives more abuse because she’s a woman, Keir Starmer says

Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she is 'sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me' as she hit back her critics ahead of the Budget

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7 d. ago Budget 2025: Which tax rises could hit you as Chancellor Rachel Reeves targets millions with new levies?

London and the South East are set to be most impact by a wave of tax changes to plug a shortfall of around £20 billion

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves dubbed 'the milk taxer' over plans to fill £20bn budget blackhole

Critics of The Chancellor's reported plans to hit milk-based drinks with a levy have come up with the moniker - a reference to the 'Milk Snatcher' nickname levelled at Margaret Thatcher

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves to announce 'milkshake tax' as she tries to fill £20bn budget blackhole

Critics of The Chancellor's reported plans to hit milk-based drinks with a levy have come up with the moniker - a reference to the 'Milk Snatcher' nickname levelled at Margaret Thatcher

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1 week ago Pensioners and people with ISAs told 'act now' to avoid November Budget losses

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to hit savers in a number of ways

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2 w. ago Reeves to hammer London and South East with 2.8m facing Budget blow from 2p income tax rise

The Chancellor has been hit by a Labour revolt over breaking the party’s manifesto by raising income tax

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2 w. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves's income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

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2 w. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves' income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

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2 w. ago 7 changes Rachel Reeves could hit drivers with in the Budget – from fuel duty to pay

DRIVERS are bracing for big changes in Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Autumn Budget that could hit their finances. It's feared the chancellor will hike everyday costs for anyone who owns a motor with a range of options at her disposal when she gives her update on the nation's finances on November 26. Higher annual charges, new...

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves set to hit drivers with road charging tax in the Budget as Chancellor chases fuel duty shortfall

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce that EVs will be charged 3p per mile on top of other road taxes, as Treasury sources disclosed to the Mail yesterday.

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3 w. ago 'Please don't hit us again': Cinema chain boss pleads with Chancellor ahead of Budget tax blizzard

Tim Richards, of Vue, warned of a 'difficult operating environment' as firms face grapple with high energy costs, the increase in the minimum wage and the Chancellor's national insurance tax raid.

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3 w. ago Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – UK politics live

No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves’ husband and letting agentRachel Reeves’ rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV’s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the rental licence error. He explains why in a post on social media. Here is an extract.Kemi Badenoch’s call for Starmer to sack Reeves, for failing to register her family home when she rented it on moving to Downing Street, lowers the bar quite significantly for sackable offences by ministers. I am not certain all her shadow cabinet colleagues will thank her.The point is that there is a clear distinction between Rayner’s failure to take stamp duty advice and Reeves’s failure to register her home with the council for rent. Continue reading...

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