95 m. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves appears with iconic red Budget briefcase ahead of unveiling tax rises and cuts

Chancellor to unveil series of tax hikes to fill black hole in public finances in addition to ditching two-child benefit cap and changes to ISAs in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday

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96 m. ago Red alert! Reeves heads for Commons as she braces to smash tax vows and ramp up benefits in Budget despite admitting Britain is 'angry'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves brandished her red box outside 11 Downing Street as she gears up to impose another scorching round of tax hikes in her big set-piece at 12.30pm.

Economics

3 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves to unveil billions in tax rises based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to unveil series of tax hikes to fill black hole in public finances in addition to ditching two-child benefit cap and changes to ISAs in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Economics

4 h. ago Budget 2025: Income tax rate will not rise, signals minister

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones makes clear the Government has ruled out a manifesto-busting increase in income tax

Politics

4 h. ago Big tax or bust: Reeves admits Britain is 'angry' as she braces to smash vows to 'working people' and ramp up benefits in Budget TODAY

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is gearing up to impose another scorching round of tax hikes in her big set-piece at 12.30pm as she desperately tries to fill a black hole in the finances.

Economics

5 h. ago Rachel Reeves will announce the Budget today: Here's what to expect

The Standard looks at the measures the Chancellor is expected to announce today

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5 h. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall for parents of six or more children

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

9 h. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Rachel Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

14 h. ago Close to £2,000 of an average earner's annual taxes will go towards Britain's bloated benefits bill, new analysis has found on eve of crucial Budget

Workers paid the median salary nationwide will have more of their taxes spent on welfare - £1,970 - than any other item of public spending, as increasing numbers of people receive sickness benefits.

Economics

14 h. ago Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves to hammer London in tax grab on wealthy homeowners and millions of workers

The Chancellor’s plans will also seen 260,000 children in the capital benefit from the lifting of the two-child welfare cap

Economics

22 h. ago How many children in your London borough will benefit from Reeves axing two

Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney set to be the London boroughs where most families benefit from lifting of two-child welfare cap

Politics

23 h. ago Budget 2025: Interactive map shows where 260,000 London children will benefit from Reeves axing two

Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney set to be the London boroughs where most families benefit from lifting of two-child welfare cap

Politics

30 h. ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as economic outlook gets WORSE and dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare ahead of Budget

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

Economics

30 h. ago Budget 2025 predictions as Rachel Reeves makes changes to tax, benefits and savings

Here The Mirror looks at what could be announced at the Chancellor Rachel Reeves's major Budget on Wednesday after months of speculation over possible tax hikes

Economics

34 h. ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

Economics

45 h. ago Premier League giants on red alert as Vinicius Jr opens door to shock transfer

Vinicius Jr’s relationship with Spanish giants Real Madrid appears to be growing increasingly strained by the week and a move away from the Bernabeu cannot be ruled out

Events

47 h. ago People are leaving Britain in droves, we face a 'growth emergency' and Labour's tax bonanza IS driving wealth out of Britain, admits Business Secretary

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said he would not 'duck' the impact of the higher tax burden and decision to abolish non-dom status.

Economics

50 h. ago Cabinet minister admits Labour's tax bonanza IS driving wealth out of Britain

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said he would not 'duck' the impact of the higher tax burden and decision to abolish non-dom status.

Politics

51 h. ago Budget 'will revalue 2.4m homes' to raise council tax AND introduce a 'mansion tax' to fund £15bn benefits splurge including axing of two

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is putting the final touches to another grim package, despite promising just a year ago that she would not be back for more taxes.

Economics

60 h. ago Rachel Reeves 'can't tax her way to growth', warns head of CBI as Chancellor set to raise taxes to highest level in modern history

In a last-ditch plea ahead of Wednesday's Budget, the head of Britain's biggest business group will warn the Chancellor: 'You will never be able to tax your way to growth.'

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