The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

ABF boss George Weston says budget is positive for ‘the least affluent’ but will cost firm ‘tens of millions’ of pounds

A healthy NHS and strong economy depend on healthy people, not just strong public finances. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget was a missed opportunity for the government to get serious about public health by protecting citizens from the leading risk factor for death in the UK: unhealthy food.

Donald Trump has been ahead in betting markets, despite trailing in opinion polls

Union says Defra figures show far more farmers will be hit by budget proposal and warns of ‘militant protest’ to come

Rachel Reeves’ move to place inheritance tax on farms has caused a backlash from rural communities.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget was full of a dizzying array of measures to raise over £40 billion to fund public services and boost investment.

Ministers met the head of the National Farmers’ Union but the stand-off over inheritance tax was not resolved

Farmers are getting increasingly angry about the controversial plan to impose inheritance tax on many family farms as an MP warns that it will add to a severe mental health crisis in the sector

The businessman warned that small firms and start-ups will ‘suffer’, while private equity and public companies escape the taxation.