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October Budget: What can we expect when Rachel Reeves delivers speech today

Rachel Reeves will present her first Budget after PMQs on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Chancellor must take action to bring down energy bills, says SNP

MP Kirsty Blackman called on the Chancellor to set out a timetable to reduce energy bills.

Evening Standard

Increase capital cash in Budget, Robison tells Chancellor Reeves

The Chancellor will lay out her Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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What won’t happen in today’s Budget? Labour’s less likely options weighed up

From taxes on wealth to unhealthy foods – here are the unlikely options open to Labour at the Budget

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves expected to raise national minimum wage by 6% in 2025

Above-inflation increase would give pay rise to more than 1 million low-paid workers

The Guardian - UK

Budget will end NHS ‘neglect’ but improvement will take time, ministers warn

Rachel Reeves said the Budget alone may not be enough to turn the NHS around while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘real change takes time’.

Evening Standard

NHS facing ‘real problems this winter’ and Budget cash will not prevent avoidable deaths, Streeting warns

‘I think in one Budget, you cannot undo 14 years of damage,’ admits chancellor Rachel Reeves

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Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come

Rachel Reeves uses a pre-Budget visit to a hospital to warn that fixing Britain’s problems ‘will take more than one Budget’

The Independent UK

Budget will end neglect of ‘broken not beaten’ NHS, say Labour ministers

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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 ...

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Evening Standard

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

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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’

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

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

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