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No tax hike ‘on payslips’, minister insists amid confusion over ‘working people’

Bridget Phillipson refused to say whether a small business owner earning around £13,000 in net profit would count as a working person.

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Military families set to be exempt from Labour’s controversial VAT on private school fees

Extra support to protect them from the hike expected to be announced in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

The Independent UK

Scottish Government warns Labour Budget could cost NHS Scotland 2000 nurses

THE UK Government’s upcoming Budget could cost NHS Scotland “2000 nurses”, the Scottish Government has warned ...

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Budget 2024: Education secretary gives Labour’s latest definition of ‘working people’

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has shared the latest definition of “working people” from Labour’s manifesto.

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Budget will bring ‘era of growth’ for Scotland, vows Murray

The Scottish Secretary was speaking ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spending statement on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

£1.4 billion to fix ‘crumbling’ schools as Reeves pledges to prioritise education and free childcare in Budget

Labour chancellor said children ‘should not suffer’ because of a £22 billion ‘black hole’ left by last Tory government

The Independent UK

Voices: Rachel Reeves might just get away with breaking her promise – here’s how

George Bush Sr and Nick Clegg paid the price for making U-turns, but other politicians have escaped the voters’ wrath – could the chancellor, too?

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Keir Starmer denies misleading public over tax rises in the Budget

The prime minister also rejected claims he was waging ‘war on middle Britain’ after he suggested shareholders and landlords were not ‘working people’ on trip to Commonwealth summit in Samoa

The Independent UK

PM denies misleading the public over tax rises in Labour manifesto

The Prime Minister rejected claims he had waged a ‘war on middle Britain’.

Evening Standard

Scotland’s block grant falls to lowest share of UK spending in a decade – study

The SNP is urging the Chancellor to increase the cash going to Holyrood in her upcoming Budget.

Evening Standard

Chancellor to cut back Right to Buy discounts in Budget

Rachel Reeves’s Budget plans on housing will include reducing Right to Buy discounts.

Evening Standard

Starmer is a ‘working person’ says Chancellor as tax rise questions persist

The Government continues to be asked to pin down the term ahead of tax rises expected in next week’s Budget.

Evening Standard

Expect more bad vibes from Labour with Rachel Reeves's Budget

IF the news is a trumpet an impeding Budget is a great buoy-shaped mute jammed into the horn.

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SNP 'must show they can be trusted' for Greens to back Budget, Patrick Harvie says

THE SNP must show they can be trusted if they want the Greens to support their Scottish Budget, Patrick Harvie has said ...

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Keir Starmer says stocks and shares owners ‘not working people’ in hint at capital gains hike

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking for around £40bn of tax hikes and spending cuts in her first Budget since entering the Treasury

Evening Standard

New freeports, East Midlands investment zone funding coming in Budget – Starmer

The location of the five new freeports will be revealed by Rachel Reeves at the October 30 Budget.

Evening Standard

Small businesses in London look forward to growth but fret about the Budget says survey

The growth outlook in London has been steadily improving since the election in July

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Minister reassures City that tax and spend 'guardrails' will avoid Trussonomics chaos

‘This is about bringing stability back into the economy,’ argued Treasury minister James Murray on the Government’s new fiscal rules

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Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Pensioners, wealthy, landlords and shareholders 'face tax hit' as Labour defines 'working people'

Sir Keir Starmer and ministers have been grilled on their definition of ‘working people’ who will be protected from the brunt of tax rises

The Independent UK

NatWest: Consumer confidence improving but Budget and US election weighs on mood

The bank revealed it grew its mortgage lending in recent months amid an increase in the number of applications being sent by borrowers.

The Independent UK

Starmer climbs down over claim stock owners not ‘working people’

The government has been asked repeatedly to define ‘working people’

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves would hit pensions of millions with NI raid on employers, warns Lord Blunkett

The Labour peer made the last minute intervention, just days before the October 30 Budget, on increasing National Insurance on pension contributions by companies

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Donald Trump attack on Keir Starmer fails with pre-Budget poll boost for Labour

Labour’s lead on the Tories widened, despite Trump this week filing a legal complaint against the party

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer claims those with assets are not working people in biggest tax rise hint

Keir Starmer claimed those with assets are not working people in his biggest hint at a tax rise in the Budget.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Huge row erupts over Rachel Reeves 'raising mortgage rates' by borrowing billions

The clash over home loans erupted just days before the Budget on October 30

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