Inflation and mortgage rates elevated by Chancellor’s spending plans, says OBR
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced almost £70 billion of extra spending each year in her maiden budget.
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Warning of ‘monumental gap’ between farming budget and what is needed for nature
The Government has announced £5 billion for England’s farming budget over the next two years.
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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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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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Increases in train fares and price of railcards announced
Regulated rail fares in England will rise by up to 4.6% next year.
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Charles and Camilla broke up flight home from Samoa with India stopover
The move was part of guidance given to the King as he prioritises his cancer recovery.
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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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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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Youth guilty of shooting woman dead through front door
A 17-year-old has been found guilty of the murder of Lianne Gordon, who was shot dead in her own home in east London in December 2023.
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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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Reeves’ first Budget shows there should be ‘no ceiling’ on girls’ ambitions
Rachel Reeves is the first female chancellor of the exchequer.
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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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Police called after plane passengers ‘argued over Donald Trump hat’
The Metropolitan Police said two women – one aged in her 40s and another in her 60s – accused each other of affray at Heathrow Airport.
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Watered-down democracy in the US will mean no end to the war in Gaza
WE ARE approaching 5 November – when American Democracy comes to ‘glorious fruition,’ with the election once more of an old guy as president. And if Donald Trump isn’t elected as president, he is sure to kick up a storm, another bonfire to add to his and America’s vanities. There may be trouble ahead. More civil unrest. Is America coming apart at the seams? Meanwhile the world can only look on aghast as the American presidential electoral process rumbles to its troubling and questionable conclusion.
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