6 h. ago SNP: Scottish Budget process faces being delayed into the new year over 'incredibly difficult' position

Finance Secretary Shona Robison hit out at plans for a late Autumn Budget.

Politics

9 h. ago Autumn Budget: when is the 2025 UK Budget date, what will be announced

Rachel Reeves faces tough choices on taxes, spending, and growth 📊

Politics

10 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 03 September: Bond market pressure continues, date set for autumn Budget

Financial markets are on edge after yesterday’s global bonds sell-off pushed the UK’s 30-year gilt yield to its highest level since May 1998.

Economics

10 h. ago Autumn Budget date set for November 26, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces

There are concerns that the Chancellor will be forced to hike taxes as she seeks to plug a black hole in the nation’s finances.

Politics

11 h. ago Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget will take place on 26 November

Treasury reveals date as speculation rises over potential tax increases to plug deficit in public finances of up to £40bnBusiness live – latest newsRachel Reeves’s autumn budget will take place on 26 November, the Treasury has announced, amid mounting speculation over tax increases.With the government under pressure on the economy, the chancellor has previously said measures designed to reboot growth would form the basis of her highly anticipated tax and spending plans. Continue reading...

Politics

31 h. ago Pressure rises on Reeves as government borrowing costs hit 27

Chancellor will face more limited fiscal headroom at budget after yield on 30-year bond increases to 5.68%Business live – latest updatesReshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightropeBritain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.714% on Tuesday. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April. Continue reading...

Events

32 h. ago One of London’s only thatched cottages goes up for sale for £850,000

After a decade in the fairytale cottage, the owners are embarking on a new adventure

Economics

36 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

53 h. ago Inheritance Tax rules simplified and why they could change at the Autumn Budget

Inheritance Tax is a tax on the estate, such as property, money and possessions, of someone who’s died.

Economics

54 h. ago Keir Starmer seeks to get a grip on UK economy with new hires

PM hopes reshuffled team will help navigate perilous autumn Budget and spot political dangers ahead of time

Politics

56 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

63 h. ago North Sea oil and gas will disappear 'within years, not decades' without Labour tax reforms

The industry body for the North Sea has called for the Chancellor to reform a controversial tax policy in her autumn Budget.

Events

3 d. ago Seemingly normal London house listing sparks warning from house hunters

House hunters who have spotted a £1.7million home for sale claim the property appears 'soulless'

Events

4 d. ago Rachel Reeves plots raid on small businesses with £2billion VAT hike in autumn Budget

Officials are looking at proposals to slash the threshold at which small businesses and sole traders have to register for VAT. Pictured: Rachel Reeves

Economics

5 d. ago Labour's property market armageddon: Landlords selling up, soaring rents and home moves at a 'grinding halt'. Now the Mail's experts reveal what every homeowner must do to protect themselves

A series of property market tax proposals which have been floated ahead of the Autumn Budget are already hitting confidence among landlords and home movers.

Society

5 d. ago Mystery group break into aristocrat's £3.5m estate to take photos and sit on furniture

The 'break-in' happened at Grade II listed Maunsel House in Bridgwater, Somerset, between 2pm and 4pm on Sunday and came shortly after the 13-bedroom property was listed for sale

Economics

5 d. ago House sales ticked higher in July as activity rebounded further

HMRC said there were 95,580 property sales last month, reflecting a 4% increase against the same month last year.

Politics

5 d. ago Torsten Bell’s manifesto: how could UK pensions minister shape tax reform?

Rachel Reeves has given the former chief of a left-leaning think-tank a key role in preparing her Autumn Budget

Politics

6 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

6 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