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UK politics live: Davey accuses Badenoch of ‘cheerleading’ for Trump after Starmer snubs her call for apology

Lib Dems leader Ed Davey has Kemi Badenoch ‘s support for Trump shows she doesn’t reflect British values

The Independent UK

Kemi gaslights UK with her shadow cabinet while having a laugh

How else to explain Honest Bob Jenrick winding up as shadow justice secretary?

The Guardian - UK

Bombshell claim Rishi Sunak's government 'didn't follow law' on revealing scale of UK public finances crisis

The allegation came from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility

Evening Standard

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Jeremy Hunt’s Treasury may have broken the law by hiding Budget black hole, says OBR

£9.5bn spending gap wasn’t disclosed, ‘which under the law ... they should have done’, says fiscal watchdog

The Independent UK

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view: a bold budget that’s the right response to years of neglect

Rachel Reeves’s spending plans signal a welcome break with the past and underline the scale of the challenges facing Britain

The Guardian - UK

Is austerity over? Will farmers lose out? Six big questions about Rachel Reeves’s budget

The Labour chancellor unveiled lots of plans for long-term investment. But there is plenty of lively debate about the immediate impact

The Guardian - UK

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Three ex-Cabinet ministers rule out joining Kemi Badenoch's Tory front bench team

Steve Barclay has become the latest prominent figure to rule himself out

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader – as it happened

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’

The Guardian - UK

Big, bold and risky, but Rachel Reeves has still presented a continuity budget

In the long line of UK government budgets, this first one from Labour in 14 years will be remembered as one of the more significant. Perhaps not like those of Geoffrey Howe in 1981, which controversially cut spending in the middle of a recession, or Hugh Dalton in 1946, which…

The Conversation

Digested week: Crap telly, power naps – oh and I think I may have saved a friend’s life

Also this week, Sunak fails to go out with a bang, while his party can just about be bothered to pick his replacement

The Guardian - UK

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?’

The Independent UK

Budget ‘biggest-ever assault’ on competitiveness, says former chancellor Hunt

The Conservative shadow chancellor opened a Commons Budget debate on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt to step down as shadow chancellor with end of Tory leadership race in sight

The shadow chancellor, who narrowly retained his seat in the election, says he’s unlikely to return to the frontbenches for ‘the next few years, at least’

The Independent UK

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Lower pay rises likely as result of Budget tax increases, Rachel Reeves admits

Tax rises in the Budget are likely to hit workers in the pocket with lower pay rises, Rachel Reeves has admitted.

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be consequences’: budget may mean smaller pay rises, says Reeves

Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn

The Independent UK

Lower pay rises likely due to Budget tax increases, Rachel Reeves admits

The Chancellor acknowledged her decision to raise national insurance contributions for employers could affect wage growth for workers.

Evening Standard

Lower pay rises likely due to Budget tax rises, Rachel Reeves admits

The Chancellor acknowledged her decision to raise national insurance contributions for employers could impact wage growth for workers.

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The Independent UK

UK politics live: Budget means weekly pay to rise just £13 in 20 years as IFS calls Reeves’s plans ‘unrealistic’

The Resolution Foundation has warned that the pay outlook is “dire” and many UK workers will not feel any better off by the end of this Parliament

The Independent UK

Taxes will have to rise further despite Reeves’ £40bn tax grab, IFS director warns

Rachel Reeves has hit back at criticism of her Budget after the chancellor received backing from the International Monetary

Evening Standard

Taxes to rise higher AGAIN in next few years and wage increases hit, warn IFS economists after Reeves Budget

The Institute for Fiscal Studies also stressed that much of the National Insurance rise on employers would feed through into smaller pay rises for workers

Evening Standard

‘Budget not something I want to repeat ever again’ – Reeves

The Chancellor defended her first fiscal announcement and said she does not want to repeat the £40 billion tax rises she implemented.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What you need to know about Rachel Reeves’s plans for the economy

In today’s newsletter: They spent weeks bracing the country for ‘tough decisions’, but in Labour’s first budget in 14 years, the chancellor adopted a slightly more optimistic tone

The Independent UK

Budget watchdog finds £9.5bn shortfall in previous government’s spending plans

Rachel Reeves’ Budget on Wednesday afternoon sought to address a ‘black hole’ in finances.

The Independent UK

Reeves will use tax rises and increased borrowing to ‘invest, invest, invest’

Rachel Reeves is the UK’s first female chancellor and she will deliver a Labour budget for the first time since Alistair Darling in March 2010.

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