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The good news: more money is on the table. The problems lie around how it will be raised – and who doesn’t stand to benefit, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Rachel Reeves’s budget ended arrangement whereby government took half surplus of pension scheme

Chancellor Rachel Reeves keeps in place system branded ‘unfair’ on single parents earning over £60,000

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said it would be “irresponsible” to rule out further tax rises following Labour’s historic budget.

Chancellor’s solutions to improving economy and public services will be a radical change for country

ANALYSIS: Business will bear the burden of this Budget, so the chancellor must hope it delivers a better economy, says Howard Mustoe

Chancellor hopes cash injection for NHS and extra money for public services will make public forgive higher taxes and slow growth

This was a Budget written in London, delivered in London, but almost totally ignored the region that drives the British economy. Rachel Reeves made only one mention of London — about par by recent standards — in her 77-minute speech, compared with five references to Manchester and Scotland, three to…

DUP MP Carla Lockhart said farmers have been dealt ‘potentially a killer blow’.