Budget 2025 calculator: How will Rachel Reeves' statement affect you? Our calculator will help you to work out whether you are better or worse off Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025
Reeves to tax online gambling associated with ‘highest levels of harm’ Rachel Reeves has announced steep increases in online gambling tax associated with the "highest levels of harm" across the sector. Remote gaming duty will increase from 21% to 40%, while levies on online betting will rise from 15% to 25%. The Chancellor said she was reforming gambling taxes in response… The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
Boost for London market as three-year stamp duty holiday on IPOs confirmed But a shock rise in dividend tax ‘undermines the drive to increase investing in Britain’, experts warned. Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025
Voices: ‘A kick in the teeth’: Readers say Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘punishes responsibility’ YOUR VIEWS: Our community overwhelmingly feel the Budget prioritises Labour’s political goals over public needs, hitting already-squeezed taxpayers with steep rises while offering little confidence in meaningful economic improvement The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
How the Budget will affect you: Winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ tax rises and new spending Business owners, landlords and EV drivers were hit in the chancellor’s Budget The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
Online betting firms to pay billions more in UK tax, Reeves confirms The chancellor almost doubled remote gaming duty in Wednesday’s budget, taking it to 40% from April next year The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025
What the budget could mean for you – experts react to the chancellor’s announcement UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has made some significant reforms in her latest budget. Notably, she has committed to easing living cost pressures with widespread energy bill support, higher taxes for the most expensive homes, and axing the two-child cap on certain benefits. The Conversation · Nov 26, 2025
How Rachel Reeves’ budget might impact your pension The changes will affect a wide array of people. The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
North Sea plan allows drilling while enabling Labour to keep ‘no new licences’ pledge ‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025
CAMRA slam Budget as 'a dark day for UK drinkers, pubs and breweries' The Budget did not address the pub industry’s concerns over VAT, energy bills or employer National Insurance contributions Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025
Budget 2025: Renters braced for price hikes after Rachel Reeves hits landlords with tax increase The Conservative leader says Rachel Reeves’s plan to increase taxes on rental income will force landlords out of the market and leave tenants paying the price The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
Customs duty to apply to all small parcels to UK, Chancellor confirms Currently, overseas retailers can send small parcels worth less than £135 to the UK without paying import duties. The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
Reeves launches £26 billion tax raid as welfare spending rises Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s announcements will leave 1.7 million people paying more income tax. Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025
UK budget raises taxes by £26bn, gaining investor approval after surprise leak Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced tax-raising measures, including new duties on high-value properties, dividends, and savings, in the state budget presented on Wednesday. Euronews · Nov 26, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds After a tumultuous run-up to a make-or-break moment for the government, has the chancellor struck the right balance?
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 ‘A grotesque indignity to women’: Rachel Reeves scraps dehumanising rape clause Rachel Reeves hit out at the “grotesque” rape clause tied to the two-child cap policy during her Budget speech.
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Government targets expensive homes and landlords with property taxes Experts said the new high value council tax surcharge, dubbed a ‘mansion tax’, could have knock-on effects for the property market.
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Swinney urged to increase spending on benefits as Chancellor lifts two-child cap Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the UK Government’s actions will lift thousands of Scottish children out of poverty.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 Ask the Guardian your budget questions If you have a question about the budget, let us know here and we’ll try to answer it
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 Reeves freezes fuel duty for now as she confirms 3p-a-mile electric vehicle charge Rishi Sunak’s ‘temporary’ 5p-a-litre cut to be reversed in stages from next September in effort to keep EVs attractive
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Budget 2025: Reeves hammers London in £26billion tax grab hitting homeowners, renters, landlords and workers Middle income workers, renters and the owners of expensive homes will be hit with tax hikes, but the poorest families and low paid employees got a Budget boost
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 Steep increases for online gambling tax to address ‘highest levels of harm’ There are no changes for in-person gambling or horse racing, while bingo duty is being abolished entirely from April next year.
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 What Rachel Reeves’ cut to vehicle excise duty will cost EV owners with new pay-per-mile measure What the Chancellor’s 3p-a-mile plan means for EV drivers – plus Electric Car Grant and Expensive Car Supplement changes explained
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Budget 2025: All the property announcements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves From the introduction of a ‘mansion tax’ to increasing the tax on property income, here are the property announcements contained in today’s Budget
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Budget 2025: Winners and Losers from Reeves' tax and spend plan The Chancellor is targeting the wealthy while trying to protect people on low incomes