Budget 2024: Huge row erupts over Rachel Reeves 'raising mortgage rates' by borrowing billions The clash over home loans erupted just days before the Budget on October 30 Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024
No 10 climbs down on PM’s claim stocks and shares owners not ‘working people’ The Government has been asked repeatedly to define what a ‘working person’ is to establish which taxes could rise. The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024
Rachel Reeves confirms change to debt rule and warns of higher taxes ahead of Budget Taxes and borrowing are both set to increase as Rachel Reeves signalled she would rewrite the way government debt is measured in her first Budget ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2024
Budget 2024: Homeowners 'to be hit with high mortgage bills for longer' as Rachel Reeves borrows billions The Chancellor is also set to announce a string of tax rises in the Budget on October 30 Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024
Reeves confirms change to debt rule and warns of higher taxes as Budget looms Chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted her first Budget would pave the way for improved public services and ‘rebuild our economy’. The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024
Sadiq Khan slashes his minimum ask for transport funding ahead of Labour's Budget The mayor insisted he will still be demanding ‘as much as I can get’ for TfL, but said the ‘black hole’ in the public finances had to be acknowledged Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024
Key questions over ‘persnuffle’ kerfuffle as Reeves confirms debt rule change Rachel Reeves could change the measure used for her debt target, potentially giving her billions more to spend at the Budget. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024
Jeremy Hunt claims Labour changing debt definition will ‘punish families with mortgages’ – as it happened Former chancellor says ‘increasing borrowing means interest rates would be higher for longer’ as Reeves says it will ‘make space for investment’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024
Kemi Badenoch ‘refused to move’ Tory leadership contest to allow winner budget response Former business secretary says Sunak and Hunt better placed to respond to Rachel Reeves’ economic policies The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024
Rachel Reeves to turn on spending taps with Budget boost for infrastructure and clean energy The chancellor is planning to change the government’s fiscal rules to free up billions of pounds of borrowing, which she will promise to spend laying ‘the foundations of future growth’ The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Rachel Reeves set to borrow billions for investment after announcing major change to fiscal rules Ex-Tory chancellor Jeremy Hunt warns he was advised by the Treasury that ‘increasing borrowing meant interest rates would be higher for longer – and punish families with mortgages.’ The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Reeves to announce major change to fiscal rules releasing £50bn for spending After weeks of speculation, chancellor will tell IMF in Washington that UK’s debt measure will be redefined to permit borrowing for investment The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024
Reeves ‘WhatsApps’ Hunt and is in contact ‘regularly’ with Blair and Brown The Chancellor added that she would love to be able to call up the late Alistair Darling – the last Labour chancellor to deliver a Budget. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024
Budget 2024: Public sector pay rise row as borrowing hits £80 billion in blow to Rachel Reeves Public sector net borrowing in the first half of the financial year rose to £79.6 billion, according to the ONS Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2024 Nick Robinson becomes third BBC presenter to call Jeremy Hunt the C-word live on air ‘I’m so sorry,’ Robinson said after being alerted to the mistake
The National (Scotland) · Oct 18, 2024 'Jeremy C***': BBC presenter apologises after mispronouncing name of Tory MP A PRESENTER on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme has apologised for mispronouncing the surname of Tory MP and shadow chancellor Jeremy…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024 Rachel Reeves considers raising tax on vapes in autumn budget Exclusive: news comes as figures show a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds in England have tried vaping
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Ministers vow crackdown on rip-off nursery fees Exclusive: New Labour education minister Stephen Morgan tells The Independent the problem is an issue ‘up and down the country’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves to drop ‘dangerous’ £1.3bn cut to benefits for disabled Thousands could lose up to £4,900 a year if the plan is retained in the forthcoming budget
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Wednesday briefing: Inside Labour’s plan to move the fiscal goalposts – and tackle debt In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves calculates that changing debt rules could help boost the UK economy, but what does it really mean?
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024 OPINION - Why is it all going so wrong for Rachel Reeves? The Chancellor faces scrutiny with her first Budget looming. Questions remain about her strategy and economic plans
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves warned potential £50bn spend could cause interest rates to surge The government is considering changing its fiscal rules to give it more room to borrow
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024 Rachel Reeves watering down non-dom tax changes would be ‘sensible and pragmatic’, tax experts say The chancellor is considering rowing back on Labour’s manifesto promise to scrap concessions
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024 Labour’s policy on non-doms mostly copied from Conservatives, say Whitehall sources Rachel Reeves said to have dismissed concerns about policy, even though it contained ‘basic errors’