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Labour Manchester mayor Andy Burnham breaks ranks to reject Keir Starmer’s bus fare cap rise

The price cap, announced by the prime minister and expected to be confirmed in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, has been dubbed a ‘bus tax’

The Independent UK

More than £3 billion needed to fix London's crumbling hospitals

Ministers have promised new funding for NHS infrastructure in the Budget

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: What will it mean for my mortgage?

The general recent trend for mortgage rates has been downward following the highs experienced two years ago in the wake of former prime minister Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget

The Independent UK

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'Dire' London council finances must be 'Budget priority' as several boroughs near bankruptcy

London Councils are facing a £700million blackhole driven by skyrocketing homelessness

Evening Standard

Unions tell Reeves they expect huge public sector pay rise in new year despite £40bn Budget black hole

It brings another headache for the chancellor as she looks to raise taxes in Wednesday’s Budget

The Independent UK

How could pensions and pensioners be impacted by the Budget?

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves will confirm the budget on Wednesday, October 30 and will announce how pensions will be affected...

The National (Scotland)

Hunt accused of trying to ‘blame the referee’ over OBR ‘black hole’ review

Tory former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has written to the UK’s top civil servant about an Office for Budget Responsibility review of his spending plans.

The Independent UK

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Budget 2024: Commons clash on 'higher mortgage rates' from Labour's Rachel Reeves borrowing billions to invest

The Chancellor is expected in the Budget on Wednesday to ease her debt fiscal rules to borrow some £20 billion extra to fund transport and other infrastructure projects

Evening Standard

Magners owner highlights ‘consumer caution’ ahead of Budget

It came as C&C Group revealed lower sales for the past half-year as poor summer weather hit demand for cider.

Evening Standard

Trott: Labour delivering greatest hits of government mistakes ahead of Budget

Conservative MP Laura Trott suggested Labour was ‘taking lessons from the worst bits of our record’ in its opening days in power.

The Independent UK

Pay for 800,000 freelancers could be hit if employers’ tax rises in Budget, experts say

Chancellor is understood to be considering the move as part of her plans to raise money to bail out Britain’s battered public services

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves in growing clash with Commons Speaker over major economic news

Ms Reeves announced in Washington that she was changing the Government’s key fiscal rules

Evening Standard

Reeves: Budget will end ‘neglect’ of NHS but turnaround will take time

The Chancellor is expected to pump billions of pounds into the health service.

Evening Standard

Why the Budget from Rachel Reeves is such a big moment for women in business

Among men aged 16-27, a majority think that ‘women’s equality has gone too far’, more than any other age group.

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Hargreaves Lansdown’s new business slows as platform prepares for 2025 takeover

Earlier in October, Hargreaves Lansdown shareholders agreed to a £5.44 billion takeover by a private equity consortium.

Evening Standard

Patients will still be waiting on hospital trolleys this winter but delays to 'tumble,' says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary said waiting lists would be millions lower by the next general election expected in 2029

The Independent UK

Now Wes Streeting – salary £160,000 – says he counts as ‘working person’ as Budget row goes on

Health secretary says he is ‘working very hard’ as he becomes latest minister embroiled in confusion

The Independent UK

The Budget: What do we know and what should we expect?

Rachel Reeves will present her first Budget on Wednesday.

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Evening Standard

October Budget: What can we expect when Rachel Reeves delivers speech today

Rachel Reeves will present her first Budget after PMQs on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Increase capital cash in Budget, Robison tells Chancellor Reeves

The Chancellor will lay out her Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Budget will end NHS ‘neglect’ but improvement will take time, ministers warn

Rachel Reeves said the Budget alone may not be enough to turn the NHS around while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘real change takes time’.

The Independent UK

NHS facing ‘real problems this winter’ and Budget cash will not prevent avoidable deaths, Streeting warns

‘I think in one Budget, you cannot undo 14 years of damage,’ admits chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come

Rachel Reeves uses a pre-Budget visit to a hospital to warn that fixing Britain’s problems ‘will take more than one Budget’

The Independent UK

Embattled transport secretary’s Budget victory prevented bus fare rises of up to 650%

Details have emerged over how transport secretary Louise Haigh’s intervention ensured a new cap in bus fares would feature in the Budget

Evening Standard

England ‘seen as world leading on nature-friendly farming at Cop16’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering a £100 million cut to funding for nature-friendly farming in Wednesday’s Budget.

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