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Budget tax rises may be ‘fiscal fiction’ as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns

Labour MPs welcome scrapping of two-child benefit cap but worry about hefty future tax increases on constituents

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Reeves should be more ambitious on tax reform to boost economic growth – IFS

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ director Helen Miller called on the Chancellor to be more ambitious about measures to boost growth.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025

Chancellor to face more questions after Budget overshadowed by major leak

The Chancellor’s decisions put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hiked levies.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025

Reeves to freeze thresholds after ditching planned income tax hike – reports

The Chancellor is understood to have U-turned after improved forecasting from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2025

Reeves ‘plots new property tax’ in Budget after income tax U-turn

Chancellor could bring in new levy on high-value properties and maintain the freeze on thresholds

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Stealth tax alert: Reeves Budget to make record 10m pay Income Tax higher rate if she freezes thresholds

A further two-year freeze on Income Tax thresholds would drag 790,000 more people into paying the 40% higher rate, according to the IFS

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025

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Barchart · Nov 7, 2025

Three weeks till budget day – and now Rachel Reeves is ‘being honest’ about tax

The chancellor is levelling with us about the pain to come. Is there anyone outside Planet Rachel who couldn’t see that truth two years ago, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

What is a ‘mansion tax’ and how would it work?

A new levy targeting wealth could reportedly be announced by chancellor today

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

UK can ‘defy’ gloomy forecasts despite productivity problems, says Chancellor

Rachel Reeves argued that austerity, Brexit and the pandemic had left ‘deep scars’ on the UK’s economy.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025