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Chancellor announces biggest raft of tax hikes in any budget since 1993

LABOUR have been warned their plans to cut billions from government budgets are “Liz Truss levels of economic vandalism”.

In early August 1979,  Peter Cropper, a special advisor to newly-installed chancellor of the exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, sent a memo to colleagues. They should, he warned them, "stop being so downbeat. The world economy may be gloomy but there's absolutely no need for us to be gloomy."  

MORE than 60,000 people have now signed a petition calling on the Chancellor to “protect older people” in the upcoming Budget...

The PMI reading of 52.9 is down from 53.8 in August and below City expectations of 53.5

PM says he wants to ‘inject hope’ for the British people but is government is still mulling over options for tax rises

TRADE unions have hit out at Keir Starmer’s speech in which he warned that the UK Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful”.

ANAS Sarwar has said people will find Keir Starmer’s warning of a “painful” first Budget “quite refreshing”.

THE Scottish Government faces "considerable uncertainty" around its funding ahead of the upcoming Westminster Budget, independent economic…

Rachel Reeves did not state what taxes would be raised at the Budget on 30 October

TAXES will likely be raised in the Autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves has said ...