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The Latest Breaking News on Reeves vows to make ‘fair and necessary choices’ as Budget day dawns

Reeves vows to make ‘fair and necessary choices’ as Budget day dawns

The Chancellor will aim to grasp the cost of living, and fiscal credibility in her second Budget

Evening Standard

SNP calls on Chancellor to ‘help, not hammer’ families in Budget

Rachel Reeves is expected to introduce tax hikes in her announcement.

Evening Standard

Reeves braced for major Budget clash with businesses over minimum wage and tax rises

The chancellor is set to use her Budget to pin Labour’s hopes on tackling the cost of living while balancing the books by targeting the wealthy

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Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves to hammer London in tax grab on wealthy homeowners and millions of workers

The Chancellor’s plans will also see 260,000 children in the capital benefit from the lifting of the two-child welfare cap

Evening Standard

Reeves says she is ‘pushing ahead with biggest drive for growth’ ahead of Budget

The Chancellor is set to deliver her second Budget on Wednesday, when she has warned she will raise taxes to fill a black hole in the public finances.

Evening Standard

UK budget to target cost of living crisis as Reeves battles to keep Labour MPs on side

Chancellor’s fiscal statement billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government as she tries to fill £20bn spending gap

The Guardian - UK

This make-or-break Budget must match the chancellor’s fighting talk

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: She has broken records by becoming Britain’s first female chancellor, but Rachel Reeves’s bold reforms and her fealty both to her backbenchers and bankers risks unsettling the very people she needs onside

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The Guardian view on the carer’s allowance scandal: Liz Sayce’s review is a step towards fixing a broken system

Editorial: The DWP’s punitive approach to benefit overpayments has caused unnecessary suffering

The Guardian - UK

Business backlash as Reeves confirms minimum wage pay rise hike for millions of workers

The chancellor said the move would mean those on low incomes were ‘properly rewarded’ - but businesses warned the move could drive unemployment and hit economic growth

The Independent UK

Hospitality bosses hit out at "yet another" above inflation hike in minimum wage in 2026

It also comes as firms are still reeling from Reeves' £25billion raid on employers' National Insurance in last year's Budget.

Evening Standard

Increase in minimum wage rates announced

The Government says millions of low-paid workers will get a pay rise.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves warned against ‘dire’ cuts to Motability in Budget by over 40 disability charities

Exclusive: Reeves told that cuts would ‘betray disabled people and steal our independence’

The Independent UK

What Budget rumours are doing to the FTSE 100

Banking stocks had a lift amid rumours the sector will be spared a tax hit

The Independent UK

Stocks rise and pound climbs as Budget rumours swirl

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to deliver her statement to the Commons on Wednesday.

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Ultra wealthy are looking to leave the U.K. thanks to tax hikes—but the CEO of $1 billion tax platform says it’s their ‘social responsibility’ to stay

As Rachel Reeves plans to raise taxes in the U.K., Taxfix CEO Martin Ott admits ultrawealthy clients are eyeing an exit—but says it’s their “social responsibility” to stay.

Evening Standard

Help to Save scheme expected to be expanded and made permanent from 2028

An expansion of the scheme will help some parents and carers to build a savings buffer.

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