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Budget 2024: Keir Starmer suffers biggest fall in popularity for new PM

Approval rating plunges from high of plus 11 after landslide election win to -38 as Wednesday’s Budget looms

Evening Standard

Private schools warn sector could ‘fall apart’ if hit by national insurance and VAT tax blow

Independent school leaders fear sector will be hit twice in Wednesday’s Budget

The Independent UK

‘Cock-up with the comms’: how Labour announced five non-existent freeports

Erroneous announcement traced back to briefing note prepared by Treasury officals, ahead of PM’s Samoa trip

The Guardian - UK

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England ‘seen as world leading on nature-friendly farming at Cop16’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering a £100 million cut to funding for nature-friendly farming in Wednesday’s Budget.

Evening Standard

Labour’s budget can bring hope and stability

Letter: In a decisive week for the government, David Blunkett recalls how the first Labour administration was brought down by a forged letter 100 years ago

The Guardian - UK

UK Prime Minister Sets Stage For High-Stakes Budget

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government faces economic challenges, plans tax hikes, and adopts a cautious budget approach to address Britain's financial woes.

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Kemi Badenoch and Angela Rayner clash over four-day week: ‘No threat to the economy’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to unveil her first Budget since the general election on Wednesday

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Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments

Exclusive: Older people eligible for help to pay their heating bills this year, even after Rachel Reeves’s reforms, still face months-long delays processing claims, The Independent can reveal

The Independent UK

Lindsay Hoyle slams 'unacceptable' Rachel Reeves conduct in furious Commons speech

LINDSAY Hoyle has slammed Rachel Reeves for "totally unacceptable" conduct in a furious speech at Westminster ...

The National (Scotland)

Hoyle rebukes Chancellor Rachel Reeves over ‘premature disclosure’ of Budget

Ms Reeves has signalled she will rewrite the way Government debt is measured.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer mistakenly announces five new freeports in comms ‘cock-up’

The government actually planned to announce new customs sites at five existing freeports that were previously announced by the Conservatives

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: Benefit reforms to be sped up in bid to bring down 'ballooning' bill supporting jobless

The Chancellor pledged a ‘welfare overhaul’ designed to make ‘people who can work, do work’

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves needs more than just policies if she wants to make this week’s budget sing

The mood music matters as much as the numbers, particularly since so few Britons understand how taxes actually work, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect 'harsh' economic reality

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh” fiscal environment

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Evening Standard

Sarwar says Labour will ‘end austerity’ as he challenges SNP ministers on Budget

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar spoke out as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Starmer intervenes in ‘working people’ Budget row with grim warning

Sir Keir Starmer gave a gloomy assessment ahead of Wednesday’s Budget in a major speech in Birmingham

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: How could Labour find £40bn in taxes and cuts?

Labour has prepared the country for a “painful” fiscal event

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer denies fiscal fiddling will trigger Truss-style mortgage hikes

KEIR Starmer has said he does “not accept” that Labour efforts to fiddle borrowing rules will result in Liz Truss-style mortgage hikes.

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Evening Standard

Local services to get £240m funding boost to ‘get Britain working’

Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget would allocate £240 million to local services to get people back into work.

The Guardian - UK

From tax cuts to breaking the economy: five UK budgets that made a difference

As Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil her measures, we look at how five of her predecessors broke the mould

The Independent UK

Voices: When Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget today, please don’t talk about what she’s wearing

COMMENT: Can we please all keep our eyes firmly on our first female chancellor’s fiscal cuts rather than her physical appearance? Not likely, says Claire Cohen

Evening Standard

Bus fare cap of £2 to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

£2 bus fare cap to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Prime Minister defends 'tough' tax rises as he vows £240m to get people back into work

Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Statement will seek to get Britain out of a ‘pay more get less doom loop’

Evening Standard

£240m in Budget for local services to help people back into work, Starmer says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget on Wednesday.

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