The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

There are nearly 5.5 million businesses in the UK. It may come as a surprise, however, to learn that most of these (about 4.1 million) are not employers. They might be, for example, the sole traders we call to fix our leaky roof or the freelance workers providing support to…

Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholds

Farmers’ union to bring 1,800 members to Westminster in protest, but some say mega-rich landowners are the problem

It could have been better designed, but Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tweak will help farmers with mud on their boots, says farmer Guy Singh-Watson

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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Health and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugar

But experts forecast Rachel Reeves’s first Budget will drive up inflation over next two years

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ increase in National Insurance on employers may push up prices, cut jobs and squeeze pay rises, says the governor of the Bank of England.

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