Budget contains broken promises which will hit working people, Sunak claims
The outgoing Conservative Party leader was making his final appearance at the despatch box before stepping down.
The outgoing Conservative Party leader was making his final appearance at the despatch box before stepping down.
The Chancellor said pensions passed on would be included in the levy, closing a ‘loophole’ in passing on wealth when someone dies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘fixing the foundations of our economy’ but taxes will rise to their highest levels since the Second World War.
Ms Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, made the comment to reporters as she prepared to campaign in three states.
Sir Keir Starmer’s comments came amid questions over when the Government knew fresh charges would be brought against the alleged attacker.
Here are the main points from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget, the first by a Labour government since March 2010.
The fiscal watchdog said inflation is expected to be 2.6% next year, significantly ahead of a previous prediction of 1.5%.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will also increase investment as she promised to ‘fix the foundations’ of the economy.
Rishi Sunak added that he was even prouder it was ‘not that big a deal’ when he entered Number 10.
Two workers were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation following the incident at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez said dozens of towns had been flooded.
In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.
Terror law reviewer Jonathan Hall KC said the authorities should give the public all the information they can about criminal investigations.
Rachel Reeves is the UK’s first female chancellor and she will deliver a Labour budget for the first time since Alistair Darling in March 2010.
Spain’s central government set up a crisis committee to help co-ordinate rescue efforts.