All news on the topic: Budget

25 Aug 2026 523

Andy Burnham refuses to rule out tax rises as he warns Britain faces tough finances

Andy Burnham has refused to rule out tax rises in his first budget as the Prime Minister warned he "won’t be unrealistic" about the state of Britain’s finances.

Finance

06 Aug 2026 711

John Healey weighs borrowing boost ahead of first budget

With only 12 weeks remaining before his first budget, the new chancellor, John Healey, is exploring ways to increase public investment without breaking the Treasury’s fiscal rules – and some economists are encouraging him to be bold.

Politics

22 Jul 2026 670

Burnham says no decision yet on raising tax-free allowance ahead of Budget

Andy Burnham has confirmed there is ’no commitment’ from the government to increase the personal tax allowance and said ’we will look at that at the budget’, in an update issued this morning.

News

13 Apr 2026 685

Reform tax plan sparks backlash as airline-linked funding raises red flags

Reform’s Robert Jenrick vowed to cut a tax on flights - after being bankrolled by the owner of an airline which would benefit from his policy.

World

13 Feb 2026 866

No projects completed, criminal cases opened: how former Tatarstan ecology minister Alexander Shadrikov turned failure into promotion

Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan, Alexander Shadrikov, failed a national project, became involved in a budget embezzlement scandal—and was promoted to a position in Moscow.

Finance

18 Dec 2025 955

Bank of England cuts interest rates to 3.75% and signals further falls

The base interest rate was cut from 4% to 3.75% on Thursday, as Economics Editor Joel Hills reports.

News

10 Dec 2025 708

Rachel Reeves launches leak inquiry after “damaging” Budget briefings spark Treasury backlash

Rachel Reeves has said there were too many inaccurate and "damaging" leaks in the run-up to the Budget.

Politics

03 Dec 2025 913

Keir Starmer ’completely losing the plot’: PM defends against claims Richard Hughes was forced out

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told Prime Minister’s Questions that Richard Hughes, the former chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), was "forced out for telling the truth" after the chancellor had "twisted the facts" on the Budget black hole.

Finance

03 Dec 2025 747

Rachel Reeves scraps ’expensive’ electric car tax: Disabled drivers set to save £440 annually

Disabled drivers could be set for a major boost due to a little-known Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) change in Rachel Reeves’ budget.

Finance

01 Dec 2025 869

Rachel Reeves is accused of talking up the ’fiscal challenge’ before announcing £26 billion worth of tax rises

Treasury minister James Murray insists Rachel Reeves has been honest with the public after the Chancellor was accused of misleading the public.

Finance

01 Dec 2025 809

Harbour Energy to cut 100 offshore jobs after Windfall tax stays

Last week, Harbour Energy said it was “disappointed with the outcome” after there was no reform to the windfall tax in the UK budget.

Finance

01 Dec 2025 752

Starmer scrambles to cut welfare after backlash over ‘Benefits Street Budget

Keir Starmer has been forced into a panicked pledge to try to cut welfare after his "Benefits Street Budget" triggered a fierce backlash and left Rachel Reeves fighting to keep her job.

Finance

30 Nov 2025 920

PM backs reeves despite OBR clash over “non-existent” budget gap

The support for the PM seems to be directly conflicting with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which stated it informed the Chancellor as early as October 31 that there was no longer a deficit in the public finances.

Finance

26 Nov 2025 956

Rachel Reeves vows not to ‘lose control of public spending’ as she prepares major growth-focused Budget

Rachel Reeves has insisted that she will not ’lose control of public spending’ as she prepares to deliver a crucial Budget she says will help her ’push ahead with the biggest drive for growth in a generation’.

Finance

25 Nov 2025 923

Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash cash Isa limit sparks warnings of higher mortgage rates and shrinking savings

Building societies fear consumers will be deterred from saving if the chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction

Finance

25 Nov 2025 792

UK to slap sugar tax on milkshakes and lattes as government scraps exemption for pre-packaged dairy drinks

Milkshakes and lattes face tax hikes as the government confirmed it is extending the ’sugar tax’.

Finance

21 Nov 2025 806

PM declines 12 times to rule out tax rises ahead of next week’s budget

The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby.

Investigation

20 Nov 2025 695

Ukrainian vodka tycoon Yevhen Chernyak avoids treason case after sudden rapprochement with the entourage of the head of the President’s Office Yermak

«The law enforcement system has blown all safeguards… What investments can we talk about when rear rats perceive the war as a source of personal enrichment? Why are you destroying your own patriotic entrepreneurs?»

Politics

19 Nov 2025 790

Labour under pressure as Starmer won’t rule out breaking manifesto pledge on tax thresholds

Sir Keir Starmer did not rule out the possibility of freezing income tax thresholds, which would constitute a breach of a Labour manifesto promise.

Politics

19 Nov 2025 861

Home Office under fire after admitting no clear plan behind PCC abolition

The Home Office stated last Thursday that the policy would save £100 million of taxpayers’ money by the end of the Parliament.

Finance

19 Nov 2025 854

Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges action as UK inflation slows but food costs climb

The UK inflation rate decreased to 3.6% in the year leading up to October, yet food prices increased once more after a decline in September.

World

19 Nov 2025 836

WHO faces $1bn budget gap and 2,000+ job losses after loss of US support

Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work.

Politics

17 Nov 2025 854

Rachel Reeves eyes new ‘milkshake tax’ as Treasury hunts for £20bn

Rachel Reeves is set to announce a so-called "milkshake tax" in a bid to fill her £20 billion budget black hole.

Politics

15 Nov 2025 902

Shona Robison attacks ‘chaotic’ UK budget as Chancellor reportedly drops tax rises

The UK’s Budget process has "descended into complete chaos," Scotland’s Finance Secretary said as she pushed for a meeting with the Chancellor.

Politics

15 Nov 2025 620

Rachel Reeves sparks market chaos after latest U-turn on income tax plans

Rachel Reeves has lost control. For two weeks, she dropped heavy hints that she’d hike income tax in her upcoming Budget, softening up the public for a breach of Labour’s biggest manifesto promise.

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