2 w. ago Rachel Reeves 'lied to Brits about £21bn black hole to justify Benefits Street tax raid on workers'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a series of extraordinary grim warnings about the state of the government's books in the run-up to the Budget.

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves accused of 'lying' as OBR watchdog reveals she was told MONTHS before Budget there was NO hole in the public finances... but still talked up misery to cover brutal tax hikes

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a series of extraordinary grim warnings about the state of the government's books in the run-up to the Budget.

Economics

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves 'told Sadiq Khan to 'get out of my office!' and kicked him out when London mayor demanded more cash for the capital'

Rachel Reeves allegedly kicked Sir Sadiq Khan out of her office in an extraordinary argument while he tried to negotiate more funding for London ahead of the Budget .

Politics

3 w. ago Income tax thresholds £12,570 update as impact shows £759 extra 'for poorest workers'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has extended the freeze on income tax bands until April 2031, raising £7.6 billion and pulling 1.7 million more people into paying higher rates

Economics

3 w. ago Furious Rachel Reeves blasts 'serious' Budget leak minutes before speech

Opening her Budget statement, Rachel Reeves told the Commons: 'It is my understanding that the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic and financial outlook was released on their website before this statement'

Politics

3 w. ago The full list of tax changes the UK Government has announced

The UK Government has announced a host of changes to taxes that will impact people across the UK. The Budget shows tax increases which will raise £0.7 billion next year and £26 billion in 2029-30, which mean the OBR say "more than off setting the increase in spending by the final years of the forecast".

Politics

3 w. ago Failure to scrap windfall tax will 'sound death knell' for North Sea oil, Rachel Reeves told

The Chancellor has also been warned to make ‘hard choices” and avoid “death by a thousand taxes” by one of Britain’s biggest business leaders ahead of Wednesday’s announcement.

Events

3 w. ago Reeves gets more abuse because she is a woman, Starmer suggests

Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine this week that she was ‘sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me’.

Events

last month Rachel Reeves told to create new 1pc and 2pc tax to raise billions

The Chancellor has indicated one area she aims to increase taxes next week

Economics