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Chances missed in a short-termist budget

Letters: Despite Wednesday’s budget, massive public spending will still be needed to revive the UK economy, writes Colin Hines. Plus a letter from Bernie Evans

The Guardian - UK

Four claims from the 2025 Budget debate fact checked

Full Fact takes a look at claims about tax thresholds, NHS appointments, unemployment and house building.

Evening Standard

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

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Use cash freed up by end of two-child cap to cut income tax, Swinney urged

But the Scottish First Minster said he will instead use the £155 million to further act to reduce child poverty in Scotland.

Evening Standard

Sadly, this taxing Reeves Budget does nothing for business or growth

Labour has no ministers with any business experience and appear deaf and unsympathetic to what is required for growth.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says Labour ‘kept to our manifesto’ over budget tax rises

PM seeks to rebuff claims government broke its promises while conceding budget ‘asked everybody to contribute’

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves rules out independence vote even if SNP wins Holyrood majority

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the Chancellor had shown an ‘astonishing level of arrogance’ with the comment.

Evening Standard

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Martin Lewis: Income tax freeze 'breaks spirit of Labour manifesto and 1p rise would be less damaging'

In her Budget on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves announced £26 billion of tax rises

Evening Standard

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

This was Rachel Reeves’s ‘live now, pay later’ budget. The big question is: what happens when ‘later’ arrives?

The chancellor can only hope for an upturn in the government’s fortunes before tax increases kick in, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What could the government’s proposals to scrap jury trials mean for democracy?

In today’s newsletter: As pressure mounts to tackle the backlog of almost 80,000 cases, the government is considering sweeping reforms that senior lawyers warn may reshape justice in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Leaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year’s Scotland and Wales elections

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar and the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, both face humiliating defeat in next year’s elections, according to polling

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

'You won't write my obituary': Under-fire Reeves hits back at critics of her tax and benefits Budget

The Chancellor’s statement put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hikes levies

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The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds

Evening Standard

OPINION - Destroying jury trials because everything else is broken is a terrible idea

Tristan Kirk: While not perfect, the jury system is a treasured and historic commodity that fosters a level of trust in our courts

The Independent UK

Voices: Never mind the backbenchers – this Budget will squeeze working people until it hurts

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Make no mistake, this was a traditional Labour ‘tax and spend’ budget of the kind not seen since before the days of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – and while it will please the party, for many it will feel like a kick in the teeth

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OBR warns Reeves’s budget still leaves public finances in ‘vulnerable’ position

Damaging events could knock finances off course, says Treasury’s independent forecaster as it downgrades growth outlook

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The Guardian - UK

How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s budget: real gains for children and struggling families are a welcome shift

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s interventions will ease the cost of living and suggest a desire to revive growth and protect public services

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the peers lobbying scandal: Lords reform is a vital step for restoring trust in democracy

Editorial: Although some appointees make valuable contributions, the absurd archaism of the second chamber of parliament has to be addressed

The Guardian - UK

Has Rachel Reeves broken her manifesto promises with the budget?

Reeves told MPs she had stuck to her pledges. Responding, Kemi Badenoch said the opposite. Who is right?

The Guardian - UK

A budget to save Britain’s finances? More like Operation Save Our Skins

Only 20% of tax rises will go towards making people better off. The vast majority will be spent meeting Labour’s fiscal rules and paying for U-turns, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Evening Standard

Farage says he thought Enoch Powell was right to raise scale of community change

The Reform UK leader also suggested people complaining about his behaviour at school had ‘different political views to me’.

The Guardian - UK

OBR’s leak was the only leak Reeves wasn’t responsible for in pre-budget shambles

Chancellor tried a different approach to this budget, revealing all her plans and causing chaos before she even delivered it

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