The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Car lease scheme for people with mobility problems portrayed as ‘free’ but is funded by benefits and their own contributions

IN FOCUS: Rachel Reeves’ Budget week from hell has just got worse, as her own uncle Terry has publicly criticised her policies. But she’s far from the only public figure with an embarrassingly vocal family member, as Katie Rosseinsky discovers

The chancellor doubled down on her tax hikes, saying she wasn’t willing to cut public services

The Chancellor she had made choices to increase taxes and improve public infrastructure, and had ‘chosen to protect public spending’.

The SNP Westminster leader has urged Scots to back his party at next year’s election.

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics

Tracey Smith sent the government minister and MP Ellie Reeves 22 emails and 10 voicemails

Clarification creates prospect of two-tier system for retirees solely on new state pension and those on private schemes

Members of the fledgling party will be able to vote between the four options