Labour risks breaking manifesto pledge by Budget cut to farming fund
The Government risks breaching its manifesto promises if it cuts a flagship farming fund at the Budget, critics have claimed.
Rachel Reeves could stage a £1BILLION inheritance tax raid on aristocrats and landowners who put their money in property
The Chancellor could reform business relief, closing a loophole that allows the wealthy to halve their inheritance tax bills ...
Rachel Reeves warned inheritance tax plans will backfire
Economists say move will increase bureaucracy for bereaved families and ‘unlikely to raise additional revenues’ for the ...
Rachel Reeves under pressure to soften Budget tax raid on bosses amid warnings it would strangle growth
RACHEL Reeves is under pressure to soften a Budget tax raid on bosses amid warnings it would strangle growth. Insiders believe the Chancellor could now back away from raising employer National ...
Rachel Reeves’ Halloween Budget will haunt her and break trust with millions of workers if she hikes key tax
TRUST matters in politics,” Philip Hammond wrote on this very page in March 2017. The then Chancellor had just been forced ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves needs to give clarity over Hitachi
If years of campaigning and support haven’t made it clear enough, let us at The Northern Echo spell it out in seven letters. Hitachi.
Rachel Reeves could borrow £80bn over next five years, lenders say
Rachel Reeves could borrow an extra £80bn to fund the government's ambitious spending plans for infrastructure and green ...
Rachel Reeves under pressure ahead of Budget as NHS needs £9bn to keep going this year
The chancellor looks set to hit businesses in an effort to plug a black hole in the health service finances caused in part ...
Budget 2024 latest: Labour insists income tax threshold freeze would not break manifesto pledge
The health secretary has declined to rule out extending the freeze on income tax thresholds as speculation about possible tax ...
Almost half of voters back hiking borrowing at Budget to fund new hospitals, roads and rail
The poll will come as a boost to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves who is considering tweaking rules to allow her to invest ...
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‘I will be trapped at home’ - Widowed pensioner pleads with Labour ahead of predicted budget change
“I will be trapped at home. I do not qualify for the Winter Fuel Allowance because my income is just a few pounds over the ...