7 h. ago Treasury ‘considers inheritance tax reforms’ to fill £50bn spending gap in budget

The Treasury is reportedly drawing up options on inheritance tax ahead of the autumn Budget

Economics

15 h. ago Treasury targeting inheritance tax reforms to help plug UK deficit

Exclusive: Chancellor also looking at tweaks to capital gains tax to try to bridge £40bn-plus spending gap before budgetThe Treasury is looking at ways to raise more money from inheritance tax amid growing pressure on the country’s finances ahead of the autumn budget, sources have told the Guardian.Officials have been tasked with examining whether tightening rules on the gifting of money and assets could be one way of addressing a gap between revenue and spending that is estimated to reach more than £40bn. Continue reading...

Events

32 h. ago Why mounting costs mean recent retail growth ‘barely touches the sides’

July retail sales were up 2.5 per cent on 2024 but they were not close to covering the the last budget’s £7 billion in new costs on the sector

Politics

32 h. ago Retail sales boost of 2.5% ‘barely touching the sides’ of costs, sector warns

The uptick in the UK’s total retail sales was against growth of 0.5% last July and the 12-month average growth of 1.9%, figures show.

Events

4 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Rachel Reeves has spent like a drunken sailor. Now she's in a mad scramble for tax rises. This is what's coming... she risks tilting us into a death spiral

Britain's beleaguered Labour Government has begun a desperate scramble to determine which of our taxes should be jacked up - and by how much - in the autumn Budget.

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5 d. ago Surge in household costs puts Reeves’s economic growth plan at risk

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged that plans to be set out in the budget in the autumn will make ‘sure people feel better off’

Economics

5 d. ago Reeves leaves door open to gambling tax rise in autumn budget

The Chancellor said she was ‘deeply concerned’ about child poverty and the Government is taking evidence in a review of gambling taxes.

Economics

6 d. ago Starmer opens door to income tax rise in autumn Budget as pressure to fill £50bn hole mounts

Labour prime minister pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

Economics

6 d. ago Starmer refuses to rule out tax rises in autumn as he faces growing pressure to fill £50bn budget black hole

Labour prime pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

Economics

6 d. ago Budget 2025: possible Autumn Budget UK tax rises explained, what they might mean for you

With a big funding gap to fix, Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces tough choices 💷

Economics

6 d. ago Chancellor likely to raise taxes 'to fill £51bn black hole in public finances', experts warn

The Chancellor will have to find £51 billion at the autumn budget, according to experts

Economics

7 d. ago Chancellor warned ‘tax rises needed to fill £51bn black hole in public finances’

Niesr said Rachel Reeves is facing an ‘impossible trilemma’ and will likely need to resort to tax rises in the autumn budget.

Economics

7 d. ago Rachel Reeves faces 'impossible trilemma' and must raise taxes in the autumn budget, economists warn

Rachel Reeves must raise taxes or cut spending in the autumn budget to plug a £41billion budget black hole, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says

Events

7 d. ago Rachel Reeves will have to make huge tax hikes in autumn Budget to fill a £50 BILLION black hole, economists warn

Rachel Reeves will have to increase taxes substantially this autumn to fill a £50billion black hole, economists warned last night.

Economics

7 d. ago Something has to give, chancellor – and that something is income tax

Editorial: Rachel Reeves must use her autumn Budget to set aside manifesto commitments and put the public finances on a more sustainable footing. The most reliable and economically sound way is the most straightforward – and the most politically difficult

Politics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves 'now less popular than Donald Trump' after nosedive

The poll found that the UK's first Labour Chancellor in over a decade has seen her approval rating plummet since her maiden tax raising Budget last autumn

Politics

8 d. ago Now Rachel Reeves is urged to slap VAT on private healthcare as ex

Lord Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader, has called on the Chancellor to remove the VAT exemption on private healthcare at her autumn Budget .

Politics

9 d. ago Rachel Reeves has her sights set on London with Autumn Budget tax rises in October

Rachel Reeves has her sights set on London with Autumn Budget tax rises in October  London Evening Standard

Economics

3 w. ago Labour wealth tax war rages amid claims Reeves will reject calls for charge on assets

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is desperately hunting for options as she faces an estimated £30billion black hole in the public finances at the Autumn Budget .

Economics

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves ‘could extend fuel duty freeze in autumn Budget’ in cost of living boost

The levy on fuel has been frozen since 2012

Economics