7 h. ago Now, about those tax rises Starmer gathers Cabinet for first meeting after humiliating Rachel Reeves and drafting in left

Keir Starmer's new-look top team will assemble in Downing Street amid fears the ground is being laid for another brutal tax raid at the Autumn Budget.

Politics

27 h. ago Rachel Reeves admits Brits 'feel stuck' as dire poll finds nearly two

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing a brutal Budget reckoning this Autumn with warnings she has a black hole of up to £50billion to fill.

Politics

29 h. ago Manufacturing jobs cut for 10th month in a ROW as bosses fear Budget tax raid

Closely-watched data shows factory headcounts suffering one of their greatest declines since the pandemic last month.

Economics

4 d. ago Bank shares sink on reports Reeves could hike tax on their profits in the Budget

Shares in Britain's biggest lenders fell sharply on Friday morning as investors fretted over reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning a tax raid on the sector.

Economics

4 d. ago UK bank shares fall as fears raised in City over budget tax raid

City traders were reacting to a report from the IPPR which said Rachel Reeves should impose a new bank tax.

Economics

4 d. ago 'Stop taxing everything': Big business bosses warn Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Budget

Asda chairman Allan Leighton said the Treasury should invest in Britain rather than ‘taxing everything in some way, shape or form’

Economics

4 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 29 August: Tax raid fears hit banking shares, US inflation data in focus

FTSE 100 banking stocks are under pressure after a think tank urged Rachel Reeves to consider tax raid on major firms such as Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest.

Economics

4 d. ago City fears mount that Budget will target banks to help fill £20bn fiscal hole

A tax raid on lenders would damage the government’s growth agenda, executives warn

Economics

4 d. ago Rachel Reeves warned hiking levies on landlords will 'hurt tenants' with increased rents and fewer homes amid fury at 'Baldrick' Chancellor's latest property tax raid

The Chancellor is reportedly considering a tax raid on landlords by imposing National Insurance on rental income as she looks to plug a £50billion spending hole.

Events

5 d. ago Landlord tax raid: What Rachel Reeves' National Insurance plan could mean for buy

We explain what taxes landlords currently pay, and what they could face under the new proposals.

Economics

5 d. ago Kirstie Allsopp accuses Rachel Reeves of running economy 'like Baldrick' as Chancellor plans 'tax raid on landlords'

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Kirstie Allsopp leads fury at Rachel Reeves' latest property tax raid: Anger at Chancellor's 'cunning plan' to hike levies on landlords sees her accused of 'running the economy like Baldrick'

Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves accused of running the economy 'like Baldrick' as Chancellor plans 'tax raid on landlords'

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'plots tax raid on landlords by applying National Insurance to rental income' as Chancellor looks to plug £50bn spending hole

Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'plans tax raid on landlords' as she looks to raise £2 billion

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Reeves ‘plots tax raid on landlords’ to help plug £40bn Budget black hole

Chancellor considers applying national insurance to rental income, according to reports

Economics

8 d. ago More than half of job losses since Rachel Reeves' Budget tax raid have been in hospitality sector

Research by UKHospitality, an industry lobby group, showed almost 89,000 jobs have been lost in the hospitality sector since the Budget last October.

Economics

9 d. ago Rachel Reeves set to launch 'stealth tax raid' on workers to help fill Labour's £50bn black hole in public finances

The Labour minister is reportedly set to introduce a six-year freeze on income tax thresholds rather than increasing them in line with the cost of living or inflation .

Economics

1 week ago Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Boots warn Rachel Reeves prices will go up

Major retailers have told the Chancellor what will happen after Budget

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves issued warning by Tesco, Sainsbury's and John Lewis over major tax rise plans

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Labour government has been warned by UK retail heavyweights that its tax policies could undermine its key promise to raise living standards

Events