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Chancellor unveils action on energy bills, rail fares and two-child benefit cap as OBR reveals £26bn tax risesBudget 2025 – follow liveHow freezing tax thresholds affects your tax bill?Budget 2025: key points at a glanceRachel Reeves has declared her b…
Chancellor says she will not ‘get into semantics’ when questioned on issue after her statementAt a glance: the key points from the budgetHow does freezing income tax thresholds affect you?Paul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, has rejected the concerns…
Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raiseMillions of low-paid workers in the UK are to get a pay rise of 4.1% next year, as Rachel Reeves confirmed that minimum wage rates wil…
Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trialsJohn McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. A…
Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charityUp to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational rese…
OBR has reportedly downgraded predictions after review that blames lack of investment under ToriesCould you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget gameBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves is expected to reveal in this w…
Peter Kyle tells CBI conference he will ensure firms do not lose as a result of overhaulBusiness live – latest updatesThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has opened the door to bosses to influence Labour’s landmark changes to workers’ rights, amid boar…
West Midlands police’s assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important considerationBadenoch says the government should be cutting regulation.And she claims she can do this because, when she was business secretary, …
TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wage as businesses call for change of courseReeves promises to ‘grip the cost of living’ in autumn budgetYou be the chancellor: play our budget gameHeather Stewart: Rachel Reeves, ple…
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the systemThe Chinese did rather well in the age of globalization. In 1990, 943 million people there lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 do…