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Thursday briefing: The £40bn funding gap, £22bn ‘black hole’ and more tricky terms, explained

In today’s newsletter: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is painting a bleak picture ahead of the budget later this month. Here’s what all the jargon means

The Guardian - UK

Millionaire business owners urge Rachel Reeves to raise £14bn from rise in capital gains tax

Group of wealthy investors argue it would have no impact on investment in the UK and would raise vital funds for public services

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Here’s a rabbit for the chancellor’s hat: scrap stamp duty on shares

Getting rid of SDRT would pay for itself over time because other receipts would rise, abolitionists say

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Cabinet ministers contest chancellor’s planned cuts to their departments

Rachel Reeves aims to find £40bn in budget but several ministers have written to Keir Starmer about spending cuts

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Great British Energy can become a major power generator, says its chair

Vision for company includes the potential to borrow its own money in order to rival multinationals

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The £40bn question: How will Rachel Reeves balance the books?

Chancellor boosted by a surprise drop in inflation after the cabinet is warned she may need to find £40bn in taxes and borrowing in her Budget, dwarfing previous estimates of the fiscal ‘black hole’

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The Guardian view on Labour and tax: time to change the frame

Editorial: The chancellor will not win support for her budget without a courageous defence of public services funded by collective contribution

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Cutting red tape will give private equity a free pass

Letters: Readers respond to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ vow to promote growth by enticing businesses to invest in Britain

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Does the drop in inflation mean things are going to get better?

As the CPI shows a fall in the overall rate at which prices are rising, Sean O’Grady looks at what it might mean for those of us hoping for an improvement in our everyday finances – and for the chancellor, too, as she prepares to announce her first Budget in…

The Independent UK

BrewDog reveals losses doubled to £59m in final year under co-founder

Brewer apologises for late release of results after James Watt rails against Labour’s plans for autumn budget

The Guardian - UK

No 10 rejects claim Labour misled voters about tax plans in manifesto – as it happened

Labour set out plans to raise taxes by £7.3bn in its manifesto – but Treasury briefing suggests £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts needed

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves 'rolling pitch for big tax rises' in Budget with £40billion plan briefing, says top economist

IFS director Paul Johnson believes Labour will break its election manifesto on tax

Evening Standard

Chancellor summons City bosses to No 11 for infrastructure taskforce relaunch

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves will meet senior City figures on Friday to discuss funding of national investment projects

The Guardian - UK

Starmer is stuck in a British bubble, but it will soon be burst by a turbulent world

The PM’s time in office will be defined by how he responds to global economic challenges and political instability, not least in the US, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rachel Reeves tells cabinet UK still faces £100bn black hole over next five years

Chancellor’s words will be interpreted as signal she will not give in to ministers over cuts she imposes in budget

The Independent UK

How will the employer National Insurance rise affect you?

One expert has called the Labour measure a “straightforward breach” of its manifesto

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves reveals £40bn in tax hikes and boost to NHS spending in historic speech

Chancellor promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’ after months of bleak warnings over economy

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UK employer national insurance hike threatens jobs and pay rises, firms warn

Business body covering pubs, hotels and restaurants says budget tax change would increase costs

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The Guardian - UK

What are employer national insurance contributions and what would raising them do?

Rachel Reeves has hinted she plans to put up the tax in the budget but some businesses have voiced concerns

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer's prosperity plan for Britain is lacking some vital ingredients

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Evening Standard

Jobs in London pubs, restaurants and hotels at risk from National Insurance hike, warn hospitality chiefs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is also believed to be considering raising capital gains tax to fix Britain’s dire public finances

The Independent UK

Ex-Bank of England chief Mervyn King urges Rachel Reeves to raise national insurance in Budget

Exclusive: In a dramatic intervention, the former governor of the Bank of England tells the chancellor she must be ruthlessly honest with the public

The Guardian - UK

Cooling labour market adds to Reeves’s tax-raising dilemma

Hints at plans to increase employers’ national insurance contributions comes as demand for labour slows

Evening Standard

Capital gains tax will not hit 39%, says Treasury minister - but he won’t rule out rise in October Budget

National Insurance for employers also appears set to increase in the Budget on October 30

The Guardian - UK

No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the government

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