25 h. ago Autumn Budget: Timeline of key economic data before November 26

Key datasets are due to be published in the run up to Rachel Reeves’s statement.

Economics

28 h. ago 2025 Budget: Rachel Reeves hints at UK tax increases despite election promise

Millions of UK workers could see more of their wages taxed 💷

Politics

31 h. ago Half of employers could raise prices if cost of hiring goes up in Budget

Many businesses have been hit by rising employment fees, packaging costs or rates relief ending this year

Economics

47 h. ago Please Rachel, put businesses out of their misery and get on with the Budget

Businesses are paralysed by fear about costs, tax and the future. The economy is in suspension.

Economics

3 d. ago Shona Robison may ‘potentially revisit’ Scottish taxes in response to UK Budget

The Finance Secretary said the Scottish Government had a ‘very limited’ set of levers to respond.

Economics

3 d. ago Scottish Finance Secretary requests urgent meeting with Chancellor before Budget

Shona Robison has asked to meet Rachel Reeves where she will set out her three tests for the upcoming Budget.

Economics

5 d. ago Breakfasts at No 10: buttering up Labour MPs to avoid a budget backlash

Downing Street has been preparing MPs for going back on its manifesto pledge and raising income taxUK politics live – latest updatesIf Keir Starmer’s election campaign was carrying a ming vase across an ice rink, then this budget – according to one minister – is like “wrestling a squirrel across a minefield”.It is an allusion to the biggest risk for Rachel Reeves, not the markets or big business, but Labour MPs. It was those MPs who were the key audience for the chancellor’s highly unusual speech preparing the ground for possible income tax rises. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago MPs urge Reeves to tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause

The government should not ‘cave in to industry scaremongering’, the Treasury Committee has urged

Politics

5 d. ago Labour must stick to manifesto pledge not to raise key taxes, Lucy Powell says

The new deputy leader’s intervention could cause a headache for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has rolled the pitch for higher taxes at her Budget.

Politics

6 d. ago Bank of England says inflation has ‘peaked’ as interest rates kept at 4%

Members of the nine-strong committee pointed to a ‘gradual’ easing of rates in the longer term.

Economics

6 d. ago Government says ‘fairer’ motoring tax system is needed amid pay

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a policy to introduce a 3p per mile tax for EVs when she delivers her Budget, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Politics

6 d. ago Pay per mile tax: UK drivers could pay per mile under Rachel Reeves’ new EV road tax plan

Drivers’ groups say the plan could hit early EV adopters and risk stalling the UK’s green motoring push ⚡

Economics

6 d. ago Introducing 3p per mile EV fee at Budget could be ‘poll tax on wheels’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil the policy when she delivers her November 26 Budget, it has been reported.

Economics

6 d. ago Rachel Reeves warned not to rely on business taxes to fill Budget black hole

The Confederation of British Industry said the Government ‘cannot pull the business tax lever once again to balance the books’.

Events

7 d. ago 2025 Budget: Rachel Reeves' November UK tax increases explained and what it could cost you

A £50bn gap in the public finances could leave ordinary Brits paying more tax 💸

Economics

7 d. ago Brexit and austerity still causing ‘major problems’ for economy – Phillipson

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s comments came after Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepared the ground for tax hikes in her November 26 Budget.

Politics

7 d. ago Barratt Redrow sells more homes despite ‘challenging’ market

The UK’s biggest housebuilder called on the Government to support first-time buyers as it updated investors on its recent trading.

Politics

7 d. ago Two in five business owners say they'll leave Britain if Rachel Reeves delivers tax rises

Businesses have warned it is increasingly difficult to operate following tax rises in the last Budget, alongside higher energy prices and stubborn inflation.

Economics

7 d. ago Government faces questions over tax rises after Reeves warns all must contribute

The Chancellor even faced calls from the Tories to resign if she goes ahead with raising taxes in the November 26 Budget.

Events

7 d. ago UK economy ‘bleeding out’ with brain drain in science and tech, peers warn

The Science and Technology Committee said Britain should be ‘rolling out the red carpet rather than red tape’ for highly skilled professionals.

Events