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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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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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

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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 Independent UK

Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors

While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press, there is at least one important issue at the heart of all this.

The Conversation

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.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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

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.

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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.

Fortune

British firms with a combined £2.6 billion in revenue are considering fleeing the country, fearing fresh tax hikes in the budget

Rachel Reeves will announce the highly anticipated budget on Wednesday, expected to include tax hikes for high-earners, employers, and entrepreneurs.

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