13 h. ago Grinch Rachel Reeves has announced a wave of tax rises in her Grim Reaper Budget

The Chancellor's brutal Budget hikes to fund £30billion will include a mansion tax on expensive homes, 20% VAT slapped on private taxi fares and a £3billion raid on pensions

Economics

14 h. ago Taxi costs in London set to soar as Chancellor announces new tax on minicabs

During her Budget on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves revealed private-hire vehicles from ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Bolt will see 20% VAT added on to journeys

Economics

14 h. ago Rachel Reeves dodges question on her future after Budget unveiled

Rachel Reeves dodged a question about whether she would still be chancellor at the next general election after unveiling a package of £26bn tax hikes in the Budget.

Politics

15 h. ago Chancellor announces £1.5bn of EV measures to incentivise uptake

At the same time the Chancellor announced a controversial pay-per-mile tax on EVs, she's sought to keep demand ticking over by announcing new incentives for zero emission cars.

Economics

16 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves announces £26bn tax rises and scraps two

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

Economics

16 h. ago Reeves launches £26 billion tax raid as welfare spending rises

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s announcements will leave 1.7 million people paying more income tax.

Economics

17 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves announces £26bn plan for income tax, pensions and ISA cuts after OBR leak

Chancellor unveils series of tax hikes to fill black hole in public finances in addition to ditching two-child benefit cap and changes to ISAs

Economics

17 h. ago From mansion tax to cash ISA changes: Key announcements in Reeves’ Budget

The chancellor has unveiled £26bn worth of tax rises in the Commons as she attempts to plug a multi-billion pound gap in Britain’s ailing public finances

Economics

17 h. ago Huge change to council tax with four new categories and £7,500 annual charge

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the so-called 'mansion tax' measure during Wednesday's Budget speech

Economics

17 h. ago Watch live: Rachel Reeves announces £26bn tax rises as MPs react

Watch live from the Commons after Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech on Wednesday (26 November).

Economics

17 h. ago Budget 2025: All the property announcements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

From the introduction of a ‘mansion tax’ to increasing the tax on property income, here are the property announcements contained in today’s Budget

Politics

18 h. ago Inheritance tax change announced as 'payments will be exempt'

Rachel Reeves confirmed the news during her Budget speech on Wednesday lunchtime

Economics

18 h. ago Autumn Budget 2025 major 'mansion tax' announcement and how it could impact property market

The UK's most expensive homes are set to be hit with a new high value council tax surcharge

Economics

18 h. ago OBR budget leak as list of tax rises and salary sacrifice cap announced by Rachel Reeves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed her Budget just minutes after it was accidently leaked by the Office for Budget Responsibility moments before her speech today

Economics

18 h. ago Personal tax threshold £759 update as Rachel Reeves announces freeze for three more years

The personal tax threshold has been frozen in the Budget on Wednesday, with the move set to hit millions of workers

Economics

19 h. ago The full list of tax changes the UK Government has announced

The UK Government has announced a host of changes to taxes that will impact people across the UK. The Budget shows tax increases which will raise £0.7 billion next year and £26 billion in 2029-30, which mean the OBR say "more than off setting the increase in spending by the final years of the forecast".

Politics

20 h. ago Autumn Budget 2025 LIVE as Rachel Reeves set to announce major tax and spending changes

The Chancellor will finally reveal her plans after months of speculation

Economics

20 h. ago Autumn Budget 2025 LIVE as details leaked early ahead Rachel Reeves tax and spending announcements

The Chancellor will finally reveal her plans after months of speculation

Economics

22 h. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

Economics

23 h. ago Rachel Reeves Budget LIVE as Chancellor set to announce tax hikes

Scots could face a range of tax hikes as the Chancellor tries to plug a multi-billion pound blackhole in the nation's finances.

Economics