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The Latest Breaking News on Boost for hourly workers as minimum wage to increase by up to £2,500 a year

Boost for hourly workers as minimum wage to increase by up to £2,500 a year

The National Living Wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from April 2025

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves hands low-paid a £1,400 boost as minimum wage to rise by 6.7%

The chancellor will increase the measure, also known as the national living wage, from £11.44 per hour to £12.21 from April

The Independent UK

Minimum wage to rise 6.7% as Chancellor plots path to ‘genuine living wage’

Wages will rise for 3.5 million workers, but the Low Pay Commission warned businesses were beginning to struggle with large increases.

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Stamp duty tax to rise: how much do homebuyers have to pay now?

The Chancellor’s shock stamp duty announcement was that the surcharge on second or buy-to-let homes will rise

Evening Standard

'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

OPINION - The public has no idea how governments spend money

I'm generally in favour of mild ignorance. A nation where the average citizen takes an obsessive interest in politics sounds exhausting best, dystopian at worst. Voters are busy people with children to shepherd and TV shows to stream. This is why they elect politicians and hope that structures are in…

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‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears for the budget

While some want Rachel Reeves to raise taxes for the wealthy, others fear the long-term sick could be penalised

The Guardian - UK

Every way Labour has defined ‘working people’ ahead of the Budget

Ministers have given varying descriptions of group they have pledged not to raise taxes on

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)

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

Reeves hints at business rates reforms but declines to rule out fuel duty hike

The Chancellor also faced calls to reverse a cut to the winter fuel payment.

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

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Conservatives call on Government to ‘think again’ on winter fuel payment

Tories gathered in Westminster on Tuesday, ahead of handing in a petition to the Treasury, a day before Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget.

Evening Standard

Public wants ‘positive, proactive’ vision from Budget – poll

The public wants to hear less about the problems facing Britain and more about how Labour will solve them, an Ipsos poll has suggested.

The National (Scotland)

Labour to snatch more than £4000 from 45,000 'vulnerable' Scots, analysis shows

LABOUR’S benefits cuts will snatch as much as £4681 per year from around 45,000 Scots, new analysis has found ...

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.

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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

Boost for low-paid as minimum wage set to rise by 6% in Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to announce the inflation-busting hike when she delivers her first financial statement

The National (Scotland)

Labour Budget 'must cut energy bills by £450 to meet election pledge', SNP say

THE Chancellor must introduce a package of measures to bring down energy bills by £450 for the average household ...

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