1 week ago Workers facing a hit of up to £11,000 over the next five years due to Labour's 'job tax' as National Insurance rise comes into effect

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' hike to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs), which she announced in October, is now in effect and is set to keep down wages.

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Tomorrow's £25bn national insurance rise is the most self

Employers will start paying the massive increase in National Insurance contributions Rachel Reeves announced in last October's Budget from tomorrow.

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3 w. ago Self employed to face higher fines for paying late tax returns

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the new measure during the Spring Statement.

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3 w. ago What changes were made to welfare reforms in the spring statement?

Rachel Reeves announced some adjustments to key plans for benefits announced last week.

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3 w. ago Army veteran's desperate plea to Rachel Reeves for heroes in need of help after serving country

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) in her Spring Statement, but Dominic is worried about how it affects armed service personnel

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3 w. ago DWP Universal Credit cut will see nearly 3 million people lose up to £3,000 per year

Rachel Reeves announced major changes to Universal Credit in Wednesday's Spring Statement

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3 w. ago Everything you need to know about PIP changes and Universal Credit as Labour slashes £5billion off welfare budget and Rachel Reeves blasts 'broken system' in Spring Statement

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced further welfare cuts as she confirmed changes for personal independence payment (Pip) and Universal Credit.

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3 w. ago Industry figures call for further investment in AI to boost UK economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her spring statement to announce plans for more investment in AI technology for the public sector and defence.

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3 w. ago Spring statement in full: Watch Rachel Reeves announce benefits cuts and £2.2bn defence boost

Watch as Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement on the state of the UK economy on Wednesday, 26 March.

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3 w. ago Spring Statement branded 'new low in the fight against poverty' as Rachel Reeves announces further welfare cuts

Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement today - announcing further welfare cuts labelled as 'deeply concerning' by disability charities who warn the changes will 'push more disabled people into poverty'

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3 w. ago Spring Statement calculator shows if you'll be better or worse off after Rachel Reeves statement

Use our calculator below to see how better or worse off after the Spring Statement after Rachel Reeves announced public spending cuts and major cuts to benefit payments

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3 w. ago 250,000 more people will face relative poverty after Rachel Reeves’ benefits cuts, DWP says – spring statement live

Department for work and pensions says thousands, including children, will be hit by chancellor’s reforms, as OBR forecasts UK growth to halve in 2025Spring statement 2025: key points at a glanceRachel Reeves will not be raising taxes in the spring statement today, even though there are many people on the left who would prefer taxes to rise as an alternative to public spending being cut. Reeves came into office promising only one budget-type event a year, and that is one reason why she is not hiking taxes today. But mainly it’s because she thinks Britons are relatively highly taxed already, because Labour was elected on a manifesto ruling out most of the obvious possible tax rises and because she’s not convinced a sweeping wealth tax would work.But that has not stopped campaigners calling for a wealth tax, and yesterday about 300 people attended a ‘Tax the Super-Rich’ rally outside the Treasury. It was organised by charities and social justice campaign groups, but one of the speakers...

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves announces MORE welfare cuts after watchdog judges Chancellor's previous benefits squeeze (announced only last week) was worth billions LESS than thought

The Chancellor put a further squeeze on benefits after the Office for Budget Responsibility said her previous action would not save as much as she'd hoped.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves announces Glasgow will share £2.2bn defence spending increase

The UK Chancellor announced more funding for cutting edge technologies such as drones and AI as the country ramps up military spending.

Economics

3 w. ago Spring statement at a glance: What was in Rachel Reeves’ announcement?

The Chancellor has made moves to reduce spending across Government.

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3 w. ago Spring Statement 2025: Key points announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in Budget update

The Chancellor slashed billions off her spending plans after blows to the public finances

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3 w. ago Reeves announces welfare changes, increased defence spending and new growth forecasts – spring statement live

Chancellor OBR forecasts for UK growth halved in 2025 but up in the remaining years of this parliamentSpring statement 2025: key points at a glanceRachel Reeves will not be raising taxes in the spring statement today, even though there are many people on the left who would prefer taxes to rise as an alternative to public spending being cut. Reeves came into office promising only one budget-type event a year, and that is one reason why she is not hiking taxes today. But mainly it’s because she thinks Britons are relatively highly taxed already, because Labour was elected on a manifesto ruling out most of the obvious possible tax rises and because she’s not convinced a sweeping wealth tax would work.But that has not stopped campaigners calling for a wealth tax, and yesterday about 300 people attended a ‘Tax the Super-Rich’ rally outside the Treasury. It was organised by charities and social justice campaign groups, but one of the speakers was Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green party...

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3 w. ago Cash ISAs: Did Rachel Reeves announce any changes to your savings in Spring Statement?

Rachel Reeves had been tipped to make major changes to the cash ISA system that would see people able to contribute less to their savings accounts with tax exemption

Economics

3 w. ago Spring Statement: Did Rachel Reeves announce any tax changes? See how much you'll pay

The Chancellor did not announce any changes to tax thresholds in her Spring Statement, which means as it stands, they will remain frozen at their current levels until 2028

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3 w. ago ‘Welfare not warfare’: Demonstrators on Whitehall protest against cuts

It is expected further cuts to welfare will be announced as Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement on Wednesday.

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