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‘Working people’ definition is work in progress for No 10

The phrase is commonly used by all parties but its meaning has come under scrutiny before next week’s budget

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs fear chancellor’s tough budget will bring new set of problems

Concerns from party that significant cuts to key departments will set damaging tone for new government

The Guardian - UK

UK's Labour Govt Prepares To Unveil Its First Budget

Britain's new Labour government unveils its maiden budget Wednesday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning of "painful" decisions over taxes and public spending.

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'Unprecedented': Councils must make £209 cut for every Londoner or increase income to balance books

All Londoners are likely to face increased council tax bills next year as local authorities struggle with soaring costs

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves big bang tax, borrow and spend gamble risks backfiring

Commentary: If Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ big bet Budget pays off a second term awaits, if it doesn’t everything will be to play for at the next general election

Evening Standard

In her first budget, the chancellor faces a minefield of risks

Ahead of the new government’s first budget on October 30, chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed her determination to change borrowing rules that will allow her to boost investment spending.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer says stocks and shares owners ‘not working people’ in hint at capital gains hike

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking for around £40bn of tax hikes and spending cuts in her first Budget since entering the Treasury

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NatWest urges Reeves to ‘get balance right’ when changing debt rules

Bank’s boss says chancellor must signal intentions clearly amid risk to borrowing and mortgage rates

The Guardian - UK

Budget 2024: Minister reassures City that tax and spend 'guardrails' will avoid Trussonomics chaos

‘This is about bringing stability back into the economy,’ argued Treasury minister James Murray on the Government’s new fiscal rules

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Pensioners, wealthy, landlords and shareholders 'face tax hit' as Labour defines 'working people'

Sir Keir Starmer and ministers have been grilled on their definition of ‘working people’ who will be protected from the brunt of tax rises

Evening Standard

Starmer climbs down over claim stock owners not ‘working people’

The government has been asked repeatedly to define ‘working people’

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves would hit pensions of millions with NI raid on employers, warns Lord Blunkett

The Labour peer made the last minute intervention, just days before the October 30 Budget, on increasing National Insurance on pension contributions by companies

Evening Standard

‘Focus on’ where people are getting their money from, says Treasury minister

The Government has been asked repeatedly to define the term ‘working people’.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Huge row erupts over Rachel Reeves 'raising mortgage rates' by borrowing billions

The clash over home loans erupted just days before the Budget on October 30

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As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

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