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Young people bearing brunt of UK jobs downturn, thinktank warns

Resolution Foundation report comes in week when data is expected to show October unemployment rise

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

Budget tax rises may be ‘fiscal fiction’ as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns

Labour MPs welcome scrapping of two-child benefit cap but worry about hefty future tax increases on constituents

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say

Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Child poverty biggest threat to UK’s long-term economic future – Gordon Brown

Mr Brown is expected to call for a ‘new coalition of compassion for children that will create a chain of hope for children right across our country’.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Economists urge Reeves to make ‘difficult’ choices to boost market confidence

Experts said the Chancellor should prioritise bringing down Government borrowing costs.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

I hope Rachel Reeves does raise income tax – there’s a way she can do it fairly

The chancellor might need to break manifesto pledges and a 50-year taboo, but she has a chance to steer UK finances back on track, says Ruth Curtice of the Resolution Foundation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Pound hits lowest since April as investors anticipate budget tax rises; markets hit by AI valuation jitters – as it happened

Sterling drops against dollar as chancellor’s speech is taken as a sign that taxes will rise in the budget, and interest rates may fall faster

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Rachel Reeves speech LIVE: Chancellor accused of 'waffle bomb' as she rolls ground for Budget tax rises

Rachel Reeves has said the Budget will focus on ‘getting inflation falling’ and ‘creating the conditions for interest rate cuts’

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour won’t press the ‘big red button’ to lift 450,000 children out of poverty

In today’s newsletter: The Labour Party recently sounded resolute in its intention to cut the two-child benefit cap. But against an ugly fiscal backdrop, the chancellor may be having second thoughts

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Rachel Reeves to pave way for tax rises in pre-Budget speech

Chancellor’s address to come after weeks of expectation management as she scrambles to fill £50bn black hole

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025