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Asda boss warns of £100m hit from ‘big burden’ Labour Budget

Asda’s chairman said he would try not to pass extra costs on to consumers, but ‘you can’t deny it will probably be inflationary to some degree’.

Evening Standard

Vistry warns of extra costs and supply chain hit due to tax changes in Budget

The housebuilder said it is ‘assessing the impact’ of Labour’s autumn Budget in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised employer taxes.

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Bank says ‘gradual approach’ to interest rate cuts needed after Budget

Andrew Bailey said it would ‘help us to observe’ how the tax measures would play out for the economy.

Evening Standard

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Chancellor visits Manchester to promote investment in northern infrastructure

Rachel Reeves announced the Transpennine Route Upgrade was secured in her first Budget as Chancellor last week.

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Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.75%

The second move in three months reduces the official cost of borrowing to its lowest level since summer 2023

Evening Standard

BT reveals prices will be reviewed under efforts to offset £100m Budget blow

The group joins the likes of Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Primark owner Associated British Foods in revealing soaring costs from Budget measures.

Evening Standard

Sainsbury’s boss: Budget-hit businesses will mean higher inflation for shoppers

Britain’s second-largest supermarket firm said changes to national insurance rules will add £140m to its costs

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Sainsbury’s boss: Barrage of costs from Budget will lead to higher inflation

The UK’s second largest supermarket firm said changes to national insurance rules will lead to a £140 million cost increase.

Evening Standard

UK politics live: Reeves dismisses Lammy’s Trump ‘Neo-Nazi’ jibe as Farage’s mediation offer snubbed by Labour

The US election result has brought past comments made by foreign secretary David Lammy about Donald Trump back into the limelight

The Independent UK

Poll suggests 41% of GP practices are limiting appointments

The survey comes after family doctors voted in August for collective action, which they warned could last for months.

The Independent UK

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget clears first House of Commons hurdle

MPs approved a series of Budget resolutions on Wednesday, which included an increase to employers’ national insurance contributions and a vapes tax.

Evening Standard

Treasury denies breaking law over 'black hole' in public finances

The way information is provided to the Office for Budget Responsibility is being changed following issues in March

Evening Standard

Treasury denies breaking law over ‘black hole’ in public finances

The way information is provided to the Office for Budget Responsibility is being changed following issues in March.

The Independent UK

Fact check: Defence spending was mentioned in autumn Budget

Rachel Reeves made clear references to increasing money for the Ministry of Defence while announcing the Government’s financial measures.

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Bank of England poised to cut UK interest rates for second time this year

Most economists think policymakers at the Bank of England will opt to reduce interest rates to 4.75% on Thursday.

The Independent UK

‘Budget emperor has no clothes’ says shadow minister as MPs continue debate

The final day of debate on Labour’s first Budget in 14 years is taking place in the Commons.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves gives top official vote of confidence in row over Budget black hole cover-up

Exclusive: The chancellor gave officials a vote of confidence ahead of she and her Treasury permanent secretary James Bowler facing questions from MPs today

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Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘cruel family farms tax’ in PMQs debut

The leader of the Opposition also accused ministers of ‘student politics’.

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Farmers ‘worried about getting to next harvest’ stage protest over Budget plans

Farmers gathered outside the Northern Farming Conference in Northumberland warning that the proposals could ‘decimate the countryside’.

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M&S reveals £120m hit from Budget measures

The firm said it would do ‘everything we can’ not to pass on the extra costs to consumers, but ‘cannot rule anything out’.

Evening Standard

Growth in UK construction sector slows amid housebuilding decline

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) scored 54.3 in October, down from 57.2 in the previous month.

The Independent UK

Persimmon cautions over Budget cost hit as home sales fall

The building giant said home sales fell between July and November, to 1,416 from 1,439 a year ago.

Evening Standard

Wetherspoon boss warns over price hikes after Budget tax rises

Tim Martin, Wetherspoon’s chairman, said he believes ‘all hospitality businesses’ are planning to pass on higher costs through price hikes.

The Independent UK

Survey finds 81% of councils on course to overspend adult social care budgets

Adass said if the recent trend continues, within a couple of years all council adult social care budgets in England will be overspent.

Evening Standard

Atkins: ‘Crass’ move on farm inheritance tax makes UK more reliant on imports

Victoria Atkins said the move had ‘consigned family farms and businesses to being sold off and split up as families cannot afford massive tax bills’.

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