3 h. ago Time is running out for Rachel Reeves amid government’s Budget obsession

A YEAR only has so many months — twelve, I can exclusively reveal. As far as statements of the blindingly obvious go, that’s not a bad example. But sometimes we need to be reminded of what’s staring us in the face. That life is for living. You can’t know everything. What goes up, must come...

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12 h. ago Rachel Reeves ‘uncomfortable’ listening to Kemi Badenoch’s Budget response

The Tory leader said her ‘job is to hold the Government to account, not to provide emotional support for the Chancellor’.

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47 h. ago Higher business taxes to cost pub sector £150m and threaten jobs – analysis

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

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64 h. ago SNP Government can NOW afford a council tax freeze thanks to Rachel Reeves’ budget

THE SNP Government can now afford a council tax freeze thanks to Rachel Reeves’ budget, it emerged yesterday. The Chancellor’s block grant increase could be used by John Swinney to announce tax cuts after Christmas — with around £307million freed up for next year. It means Labour’s latest hike to Scottish Government funding — now...

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3 d. ago Teachers threaten to go on STRIKE as Rachel Reeves's Budget sparks fears of school cuts after Government vows to prop up councils struggling with spiralling costs of special needs

The National Education Union (NEU) said it will not accept 'the continued underfunding of our schools' or 'another pay cut'.

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3 d. ago Teachers threaten to go on STRIKE as Rachel Reeves' Budget sparks fears of school cuts after Government vows to prop up councils struggling with spiralling costs of special needs

The National Education Union (NEU) said it will not accept 'the continued underfunding of our schools' or 'another pay cut'.

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3 d. ago UK Budget Reaction: Reeves leaves business rates dilemma for Scottish Government

David Lonsdale, director of industry body the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC), gives his assessment of the Chancellor’s autumn statement.

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4 d. ago FM pledges more cash for tackling poverty after Reeves scraps two

First Minister John Swinney said money freed up by the Chancellor’s announcement would be used to help in the fight against child poverty.

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves says public ‘angry at unfairness’ in economy ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said the Government had started to see results in the past year.

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4 d. ago Reeves vows to make ‘fair and necessary choices’ as Budget day dawns

The Chancellor will aim to grasp the cost of living, and fiscal credibility in her second Budget.

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4 d. ago SNP calls on Chancellor to ‘help, not hammer’ families in Budget

Rachel Reeves is expected to introduce tax hikes in her announcement.

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5 d. ago Stormont ability to mitigate Budget decisions ‘very restricted’, O’Dowd says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her autumn Budget on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Budget will show if Government is interested in supporting devolution – Robinson

The DUP leader said politicians in NI could not ignore financial challenges.

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6 d. ago Chancellor urged to take ‘hard choices’ rather than hit businesses with more tax

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith called for Rachel Reeves to stand up to opposition to welfare cuts.

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6 d. ago Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say

Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’.

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7 d. ago Scotland’s Finance Secretary lays out demands ahead of Budget

Shona Robison said the ‘process has been chaotic and mired in damaging uncertainty’.

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9 d. ago Scrap windfall tax and lift ban on new oil, leading business figures urge Reeves

Martin Gilbert and Sir Ian Wood led two of the biggest firms in Aberdeen.

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9 d. ago Britain's broken finances get WORSE: Government borrowing balloons ahead of Budget leaving Rachel Reeves under even more pressure

The Chancellor was urged to get a tighter grip on spending after the Office for National Statistics revealed public sector borrowing stood at £17.4billion in October.

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1 week ago How 1 in 3 pensioners will retire in poverty if Rachel Reeves pushes on with Budget pension plot

NEARLY one in three pensioners could retire in poverty if Rachel Reeves pushes ahead with her Budget pension plot. The government previously projected that 4.6million people will not have the minimum amount of cash required to cover their retirement. This currently stands at £13,400 per year in savings for a single person and £22,600 per...

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2 w. ago Reeves to freeze thresholds after ditching planned income tax hike – reports

The Chancellor is understood to have U-turned after improved forecasting from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

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