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Jeremy Corbyn slams Labour’s Budget as he issues tax warning

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Rachel Reeves of not going far enough to tax high earners in her Budget.

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Voices: Never mind the backbenchers – this Budget will squeeze working people until it hurts

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Make no mistake, this was a traditional Labour ‘tax and spend’ budget of the kind not seen since before the days of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – and while it will please the party, for many it will feel like a kick in the teeth

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Badenoch takes aim at Reeves over chancellor’s complaints of misogyny

Kemi Badenoch used her Bidget speech to launch an extraordinary attack on Ms Reeves, accusing her of ‘whining’ over sexism claims

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‘I can’t afford to keep my heating on overnight - Reeves’ Budget doesn’t do enough for pensioners’

Elaine Yates says the cost of living for pensioners is not matched by government support after Rachel Reeves announced her second Budget

The Independent UK

‘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.

The Independent UK

Cycle to Work scheme stays the same despite rumours over financial limit in Budget

Cycling Weekly

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

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Deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani condemns government after ‘unprecedented’ OBR Budget leaks

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The most chaotic Budget in living memory ends in complete shambles – before it’s even started

NEWS ANALYSIS: The accidental leak of details of Rachel Reeves’ Budget by the Office for Budget Responsibility before she got to her feet was one final bit of chaos for this make-or-break Budget, says political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest

Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police

Evening Standard

Budget 2025: Key points on Reeves tax, pensions and benefits plan after details leaked in shock blunder

The Chancellor told the Commons how she is launching a £26 billion tax raid as she unveiled some giveaways to tackle the cost-of-living crisis

Evening Standard

Live: Reeves asks ‘everyone to make contribution’ in Budget tax threshold freeze

The OBR has apologised after the unprecedented early release of its economic and fiscal outlook document ahead of the Budget.

Evening Standard

Simon Harris responds to warning Ireland is budgeting ‘like there’s no tomorrow’

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) issued the warning a week after Mr Harris became Finance Minister.

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Farage offers legal support to farmers after ‘several arrests’ at tractor protest in Whitehall

The Met Police put down restrictions on tractors in Whitehall due to prospect of ‘serious disruption’ – but protest organisers said it was ‘impossible at this stage to stop farmers coming’

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Tractors descend on London for farmers’ Budget day protest despite police ban

Police have intercepted around 20 tractors that have been driven to Westminster in protest ahead of the Budget.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Rachel Reeves announces £26bn tax rises as MPs react

Watch live from the Commons after Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech on Wednesday (26 November).

Evening Standard

Farmers bring tractors to Budget day protest despite Met police ban

Police said the decision to ban agricultural machinery from Whitehall had been taken because of ‘serious disruption’ the vehicles may cause.

The Independent UK

Budget 2025 live: IFS warn Rachel Reeves she is ‘disincentivising growth’ after Starmer defends tax rises

Reeves admits Budget will mean working people will have to ‘contribute a bit more’ - but denies breaking manifesto pledge

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Rachel Reeves says public ‘angry at unfairness’ in economy ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said the Government had started to see results in the past year.

Evening Standard

Reeves says she is ‘pushing ahead with biggest drive for growth’ ahead of Budget

The Chancellor is set to deliver her second Budget on Wednesday, when she has warned she will raise taxes to fill a black hole in the public finances.

The Independent UK

Streeting gives major pre-Budget speech on child poverty fuelling further leadership speculation

The health secretary’s intervention came on the eve of Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break budget

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves warned against ‘dire’ cuts to Motability in Budget by over 40 disability charities

Exclusive: Reeves told that cuts would ‘betray disabled people and steal our independence’

Evening Standard

Plaid Cymru accuses First Minister of having ‘no influence’ on UK Government

Eluned Morgan came under scrutiny in the Welsh Parliament ahead of the Budget on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Budget 2025: 1.7 million workers to pay more income tax due to Reeves’s ‘stealth tax’

It will mean £140 more in tax for hundreds of thousands of earners

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‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss

Chief executive John Roberts urged the Chancellor to cut spending and ‘make some difficult decisions’.

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