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Here’s how Rachel Reeves could plug the black hole in Britain’s finances

Letters: Mark Bill offers the new chancellor some suggestions on raising taxes and closing loopholes. Plus letters from Joseph Koppenhout and David Tucker

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024

Rachel Reeves confirms taxes will rise in her first budget in October

Ahead of her first budget, Rachel Reeves refused to rule out hiking capital gains and inheritance tax and pursuing pension reform to fill the £22bn black hole in the public finances

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024

Pensioners hit by Reeves’s plan to fill £22bn black hole

Pensioners take the brunt of early spending cuts as Rachel Reeves delivers a brutal assessment of the nation’s finances

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in blame-game row over plans to cut costs to fix public finances

Chancellor to unveil £20 billion black hole in public accounts

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2024

Tories ‘deliberately covered up’ true state of public finances, says minister

Steve Reed hits out at Conservatives’ handling of public services as chancellor prepares to detail ‘£20bn black hole’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Rachel Reeves to unveil ‘broke Britain’ dossier as Jeremy Hunt hits back with tax ‘scam’ claim

Rachel Reeves is expected to tell parliament that Rishi Sunak’s party left a £20bn black hole in the public finances, including making ‘significant funding commitments’ this year with no idea how they would be paid for

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024

Rachel Reeves set to unveil £20bn black hole in public finances

Fears that the chancellor may need to consider further tax rises as she is set to reveal bad news on public finances

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster

The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.

Space · Jul 25, 2024

Ultra-rare black hole found hiding in the center of the Milky Way

A potential intermediate-mass black hole is hiding right next to our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

LiveScience · Jul 25, 2024

Scientists waited ages to find a 'missing link' black hole — then stumbled upon 2

A missing link black hole that sits in the mass gap between stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes is "parked" right by the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*.

Space · Jul 23, 2024