The Latest Breaking News from Budget

The Government increased the cap on single bus fares for most routes from £2 to £3 on Wednesday.

It comes after official figures pointed towards an uptick in insolvencies at the end of this year.

Ministers are facing calls to speed up plans to effectively scrap the two-child cap on some benefits in Scotland.

CAMPAIGNERS have raised concerns over the growing number of car rallies being held on the North Coast 500 route, claiming that local communities…

COMMENT: The chancellor’s approach can hardly be considered prudent – especially when it depends so heavily on economic growth, writes John Rentoul

Critics of the move in Rachel Reeves’s budget in October have announced a national day of action organised by the National Farmers’ Union

The new team at the helm of France’s economy will need to begin work immediately on passing a 2025 budget, which has been in limbo since the National Assembly rejected the belt-tightening proposal from former Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which led to the toppling of his government.

Retail footfall was 11.4% down on last year over the final full week before Christmas, according to Rendle Intelligence and Insights.

After Rachel Reeves’s controversial Budget, the Confederation of British Industry warns the economy is ‘headed for the worst of all worlds’

The Budget hike to employers’ national insurance is ‘exacerbating an already tepid demand environment’, the CBI warned.

The Tory leader has attached herself to the former Top Gear presenter’s campaign against Labour’s decision to scrap agricultural property relief