1 hour ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

Economics

48 h. 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.

Economics

59 h. ago Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say

Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’.

Politics

59 h. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves given grim budget warning by powerful business figure

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith has dire predictions about the future of the economy unless Rachel Reeves changes her plans for Wednesday's doom-laden budget

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Scottish Labour leader promised he would lead “a government that works as hard as the people it serves”.

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2 w. ago How to plot your way through the inheritance tax minefield if you DON'T have children

If you're opposed to inheritance tax, you probably believe it's unfair to be forced to hand over hard-earned wealth to an undeserving Government.

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Trump administration reduces flights at 40 major airports during ongoing government shutdown

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Trump administration reduces flights at 40 major airports during ongoing government shutdown

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