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Leaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year’s Scotland and Wales elections

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar and the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, both face humiliating defeat in next year’s elections, according to polling

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

'You won't write my obituary': Under-fire Reeves hits back at critics of her tax and benefits Budget

The Chancellor’s statement put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hikes levies

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

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Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

OPINION - Destroying jury trials because everything else is broken is a terrible idea

Tristan Kirk: While not perfect, the jury system is a treasured and historic commodity that fosters a level of trust in our courts

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Voices: Never mind the backbenchers – this Budget will squeeze working people until it hurts

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Make no mistake, this was a traditional Labour ‘tax and spend’ budget of the kind not seen since before the days of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – and while it will please the party, for many it will feel like a kick in the teeth

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

OBR warns Reeves’s budget still leaves public finances in ‘vulnerable’ position

Damaging events could knock finances off course, says Treasury’s independent forecaster as it downgrades growth outlook

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

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How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

The Guardian view on Labour’s budget: real gains for children and struggling families are a welcome shift

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s interventions will ease the cost of living and suggest a desire to revive growth and protect public services

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

The Guardian view on the peers lobbying scandal: Lords reform is a vital step for restoring trust in democracy

Editorial: Although some appointees make valuable contributions, the absurd archaism of the second chamber of parliament has to be addressed

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Has Rachel Reeves broken her manifesto promises with the budget?

Reeves told MPs she had stuck to her pledges. Responding, Kemi Badenoch said the opposite. Who is right?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

A budget to save Britain’s finances? More like Operation Save Our Skins

Only 20% of tax rises will go towards making people better off. The vast majority will be spent meeting Labour’s fiscal rules and paying for U-turns, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Farage says he thought Enoch Powell was right to raise scale of community change

The Reform UK leader also suggested people complaining about his behaviour at school had ‘different political views to me’.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

OBR’s leak was the only leak Reeves wasn’t responsible for in pre-budget shambles

Chancellor tried a different approach to this budget, revealing all her plans and causing chaos before she even delivered it

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

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Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

East London Tory MP says Reform could win his seat at the next election

Andrew Rosindell said he thinks ‘my seat would almost certainly go to Reform’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

The budget has averted an immediate crisis for Labour – but the danger is not over yet

Sense of relief among many Labour MPs but chancellor’s broad mix of measures leaves room for things to go wrong

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

‘They need more backbone’: budget disappointment reigns in Peterlee

Residents of deprived County Durham town, where support has swung from Labour to Reform, say chancellor’s policies won’t solve their problems

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Labour MPs celebrate end of two-child benefit cap in Reeves’s budget

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Reeves’s tax-raising budget is crash-landing on an economy that is struggling for growth

Bond vigilantes may be reassured but the jury is out for households and businesses

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

How the Budget will affect you: Winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ tax rises and new spending

Business owners, landlords and EV drivers were hit in the chancellor’s Budget

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds

After a tumultuous run-up to a make-or-break moment for the government, has the chancellor struck the right balance?

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Swinney urged to increase spending on benefits as Chancellor lifts two-child cap

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the UK Government’s actions will lift thousands of Scottish children out of poverty.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Budget 2025: Winners and Losers from Reeves' tax and spend plan

The Chancellor is targeting the wealthy while trying to protect people on low incomes

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Criminal inquiry demanded as ‘unprecedented’ leak of Chancellor's Budget reveals £26bn tax rises

Rachel Reeves condemns ‘deeply disappointing’ accidental release of Budget details ahead of her Commons statement

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Farage should apologise after ‘unconvincing’ response to racism claims – Starmer

The Reform UK leader has faced backlash after allegations emerged that he engaged in alleged incidents of deeply offensive behaviour as a teenager.

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