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Weekend do-over planned for 'big, beautiful' budget package - Roll Call

The House Budget Committee plans to try again Sunday night to advance the GOP reconciliation package after four Republican dissenters torpedoed the measure at a markup Friday.

Roll Call · May 16, 2025

GOP leaders try to keep Friday reconciliation markup on track - Roll Call

House Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill has a Texas-sized problem as it heads to the Budget Committee for a Friday markup.

Roll Call · May 15, 2025

Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success - Roll Call

The White House made official Friday that President Donald Trump wants the first ever $1 trillion defense budget.

Roll Call · May 2, 2025

'Current policy' debate dogs budget reconciliation efforts - Roll Call

The Senate's budget blueprint has triggered a fight over wiping away the cost of tax-cut extensions in a bid to make them permanent.

Roll Call · Apr 7, 2025

Budget plan with dueling tax, spending targets OK'd in Senate - Roll Call

The Senate adopted a fiscal 2025 budget blueprint early Saturday along party lines after a debate that began the night before, teeing up the House for a climactic final vote next week.

Roll Call · Apr 5, 2025

Senate starts debate on GOP budget plan after delayed vote - Roll Call

Senate Republicans got over the first procedural hurdle Thursday on their revised budget plan needed to move forward on a reconciliation bill.

Roll Call · Apr 3, 2025

Watch: Starmer refuses to rule out further benefit cuts after Trump’s tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Senate Republicans get ready to roll on revised budget - Roll Call

The compromise budget blueprint is designed to pave the way for a major package of tax cuts, border security and defense funding and more.

Roll Call · Apr 2, 2025

‘Was this new age austerity always coming?’ Your spring statement questions answered by Andrew Grice

ASK ME ANYTHING: In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice tackles welfare cuts, taxation, and the economic challenges facing the UK

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Wealthy and pensioners at risk of new tax raid in autumn Budget, experts warn

Chancellor has stopped short of ruling out further tax rises or spending cuts at the Budget as new poll reveals public losing confidence in Labour following spring statement

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025