Reeves uses first Budget to hike taxes, increase borrowing and boost spending
Chancellor Rachel Reeves used Labour’s first budget since 2010 to put extra money into public services but sent taxes to a post-war high.
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Minister stresses online safety moves after ‘appalling’ catfish predator jailed
Alexander McCartney, 26, admitted 185 charges involving 70 children.
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Chancellor: Budget gives Holyrood its largest ever real-terms funding settlement
Rachel Reeves said the Scottish Government will receive an additional £3.4 billion in 2025-26 due to her tax and spending decisions.
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At a glance: the key points from the Budget
Rachel Reeves set out £40 billion of tax rises along with major spending commitments as she sought to set the tone for Labour’s term in office.
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Breast surgeon was ‘nightmare’ to work with, former colleague tells inquest
Ian Paterson, who was jailed in 2017 for wounding, carried out unapproved ‘cleavage-sparing’ mastectomies on patients.
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Stamp duty blow to first-time buyers and second home investors
Experts said Britain’s property sector would be knocked by stamp duty changes, with an ‘overnight’ hike for second-home buyers.
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The Budget: Winners and losers
Who are the winners and losers from the Budget?
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Kurt Russell’s hat from The Thing could fetch £80,000 at horror-themed auction
Horror memorabilia from films including The Thing and Shaun Of The Dead are to be sold at auction.
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Taxes, borrowing and spending up in Rachel Reeves’ first Budget
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.
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Price of wine and spirits to rise but pub pints to fall by a penny
Rachel Reeves announced that alcohol duty rates on non-draught products will increase in line with RPI from February next year.
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At a glance: Key points from the 2024 Autumn Budget
Here are the main points from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget, the first by a Labour government since March 2010.
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Labour increases capital gains tax in bid to raise £2.5bn
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the increase is part of ‘raising the revenue required to fund our public services’.
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Fuel duty frozen as Government maintains 5p cut
In her Budget speech to the Commons, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this is a ‘substantial commitment’.
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Reeves increases taxes by £40bn to address ‘black hole’ in public finances
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will also increase investment as she promised to ‘fix the foundations’ of the economy.
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Live: Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Budget
In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.
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