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There was a mix of optimism and pessimism with the national papers’ views on Rachel Reeves’s Budget.

The overall tax burden will reach a record 38.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2027-28.

ANALYSIS: Business will bear the burden of this Budget, so the chancellor must hope it delivers a better economy, says Howard Mustoe

Chancellor hopes cash injection for NHS and extra money for public services will make public forgive higher taxes and slow growth

This was a Budget written in London, delivered in London, but almost totally ignored the region that drives the British economy. Rachel Reeves made only one mention of London — about par by recent standards — in her 77-minute speech, compared with five references to Manchester and Scotland, three to…

DUP MP Carla Lockhart said farmers have been dealt ‘potentially a killer blow’.

Round up of fact checks about the Autumn Budget 2024, compiled by Full Fact.

The Tories said the party wouldn’t be making detailed comments on the fiscal event

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