Budget
Rachel Reeves must break her fiscal rules. Better now than later | Phillip Inman
There is already arguably too little flexibility in the chancellor’s budget plan. Trump’s tariffs chaos makes a rethink inevitable
Phillip Inman
05, Apr, 2025 @2:00 PM
Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom
Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers
Richard Partington and Jessica Elgot
27, Mar, 2025 @7:19 PM
Rachel Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest
Labour is braced for a backlash from its MPs over welfare cuts called ‘appalling’ by a food bank charity
Heather Stewart and Pippa Crerar
26, Mar, 2025 @7:58 PM
Will Rachel Reeves’s tough decisions pay off? Our panel on the spring statement
The chancellor boosted defence spending while piling on further welfare cuts – all set against gloomy growth forecasts
Polly Toynbee, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Anna Landre, Jonathan Portes, Julia Davies, Mike Clancy and Fatima Ibrahim
26, Mar, 2025 @2:44 PM
What to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statement
Talk of tough choices ahead, an increase in debt financing, and more initiatives to promote growth
Phillip Inman and Aletha Adu
25, Mar, 2025 @10:00 PM
Civil service to be told to slash more than £2bn a year from budget by 2030
Departments will be asked next week to reduce spending by 10% by 2028-29, says Cabinet Office source
Nadeem Badshah
22, Mar, 2025 @11:57 PM
UK must spend £1.5bn a year on flood defences to protect public, experts warn
Researchers cite £2.4bn annual cost of flooding and say a third of England’s critical infrastructure is at risk
Sandra Laville
20, Mar, 2025 @6:00 AM
Call it a defence levy or even a patriot tax – but Labour is going to have to raise taxes, fast | Gaby Hinsliff
The world has shifted and defence spending has to rise. But time is running out for the government to make a case for it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Gaby Hinsliff
18, Mar, 2025 @8:00 AM
UK drops down list of affluent nations after decade of stagnation, NIESR finds
Districts in Birmingham now ranked below poorest areas of France, Malta and Slovenia as institute urges rethink on planned welfare cuts
Phillip Inman
12, Mar, 2025 @7:42 PM
No cash Isa shake-up in spring statement, but Reeves still considering cuts
Reduction in maximum amount from £20,000 to £4,000 understood to be longer-term aim for chancellor
Rupert Jones
12, Mar, 2025 @6:28 PM
HMV puts UK expansion on hold because of budget tax rises
Retailer had hoped to open more stores in Britain in coming year but will do so in Ireland and Belgium instead
Sarah Butler
06, Mar, 2025 @1:50 PM
‘Criminals will go unpunished’ after victim services cuts, Reeves warned
Victims commissioner tells chancellor cutbacks and national insurance hike creating ‘existential crisis’ for abuse charities
Lizzie Dearden
02, Mar, 2025 @7:00 AM
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