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Farmers 'militant' action threat after Rachel Reeves rejects plea for U-turn on Budget inheritance tax hike

Ministers met the head of the National Farmers’ Union but the stand-off over inheritance tax was not resolved

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

‘Unprecedented’ Budget not enough to make up for austerity – Archibald

Caoimhe Archibald also revealed that the Treasury has indicated it will not cover the cost of the PSNI data breach.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Home secretary confirms £75m to tackle people smuggling is new funding from Budget

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has said an additional £75 million for the Government’s border command is new funding from the Budget.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

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Government will ‘try to make progress as rapidly as possible’ on small boats

Yvette Cooper said that criminal gangs were the target as the border security command is set to see its funding doubled.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Chancellor defends proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms

Rachel Reeves has been urged by the NFU to reconsider the reforms announced in the Budget.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2024

National Insurance hike could force Scottish care homes to shut doors

CARE homes across Scotland could be forced to shut their doors as a result of the Budget hike in employers’ National Insurance (NI) payments, it…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 3, 2024

Reeves insists Labour will secure growth as she defends Budget choices

The Chancellor is expected to set out a number of economic reforms in the coming weeks aimed at boosting growth.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2024

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UK politics live: Jenrick gets justice role in Badenoch’s shadow cabinet as Stride and Patel land top jobs

It comes as education secretary Bridget Phillipson announced a rise to university tuition fees

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024

GB Energy to get just £100m over two years in Budget despite Labour's £8bn pledge

THE state-owned GB Energy will receive just £100 million in funding for renewables projects in the first two years despite the UK Government’s…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 2, 2024

Hundreds of angry farmers to hold protest in London over Labour’s ‘death tax’ on their land

Farm owners threaten to grind capital to a halt with their tractors and other large machinery

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

Bank of England rate cut expected despite ‘fiscal loosening’ of Budget

A quarter-point cut is forecast on Thursday, but Labour’s Budget has trimmed hopes of a rapid string of rate cuts afterwards.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

OBR error cut £18bn of headroom from Rachel Reeves’ Budget

The error may have contributed to the market jitters that were seen in the wake of the Budget

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Why it’s unfair to compare the current market movement to catastrophic Truss mini-Budget

ANALYSIS : Ignore the comparisons, writes Howard Mustoe – any suggestions that market concerns over Rachel Reeves’s Budget bear any similarity to the chaos that followed Liz Truss’s economic disaster are wide of the mark

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Applause as Question Time audience member tears into Labour and Tory MPs

AN audience member has been praised on social media as he took aim at the Labour and Tory guests on Thursday night’s Question Time...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 1, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

FTSE 100 Live 01 November: Markets calmer after sell-off, Reckitt Benckiser shares jump

Borrowing costs continue to be in focus after a rocky week for markets on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Reeves gives Labour post-Budget poll boost despite £40bn tax row

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves has faced a storm of criticism after producing the biggest tax raising Budget in history but the latest weekly tracker poll has shown public support grow for Labour

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Farm schemes funding ‘review’ was last thing sector needed, says MP

A ‘review’ into farm schemes funding from 2025/26 was ‘the last thing’ the sector needed, an MP said.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Stormont ministers must ensure balanced budget is delivered, says Benn

The Northern Ireland Secretary said the scale of the budget package for the region presented the local administration with ‘significant opportunity’.

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Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Global stocks tumble and pound weakens as investors digest UK Budget

London’s FTSE 100 was down 49.53 points, or 0.61%, to close at 8,110.1.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Housing industry Budget reaction: London renters and first-time buyers facing woe

Industry reaction suggests that renters and First Time Buyers are going to be hit hardest by measures in the Autumn Statement

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

The chart that reveals the Budget’s real winners – and who will be hit hardest

Nine out of 10 taxpayers will benefit as a percentage of income from the Budget, according to a Treasury analysis

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Starmer accused of lying to farmers with surprise Budget ‘tractor tax’ set to destroy family farms

Critics attack the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

OPINION - The Budget delivered the same old story on living standards

Disposable income is stagnating. It was not always this way

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Budget: Private jet passengers hit with extra tax bill as rate increases by 50 per cent

Private jet passengers have been hit the hardest out of all UK flyers in this week’s autumn Budget

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’

Rachel Reeves was forced to accept that her decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions will lead to workers being paid less, but asked, ‘what alternative was there?’

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