INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

US banking giant to build new Canary Wharf headquarters

Chancellor Rachel Reeves avoided imposing new taxes on the banking sector in her Budget

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025

Sadly, this taxing Reeves Budget does nothing for business or growth

Labour has no ministers with any business experience and appear deaf and unsympathetic to what is required for growth.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

Martin Lewis: Income tax freeze 'breaks spirit of Labour manifesto and 1p rise would be less damaging'

In her Budget on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves announced £26 billion of tax rises

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

FTSE 100 Live 27 November: Gambling stocks in focus after Budget hit, index steady

Gambling firms have warned they face a major hit to earnings as businesses digest the impact of Rachel Reeves’s second Budget.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

‘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 · 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.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

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

Popular tax break scheme in UK was reported to be having a limit imposed

Cycling Weekly · Nov 26, 2025