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Heathrow expansion may add £40 to airline ticket prices, Treasury analysis reveals
Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the cost
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UK pay growth hits 5.6% in November, increasing pressure on Bank of England
Annual growth in average weekly earnings increases by 5.6% in three months to end of November
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Trump’s presidency and Reeves’s pro-growth call influence UK banking rule delays
Donald Trump’s return to White House and Rachel Reeves’s call for regulators to help drive UK growth taken into account
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Rachel Reeves considers disability benefits cuts and "hotel tax" to stabilize UK finances amid economic challenges
Rachel Reeves is said to be planning to slash billions of pounds in disability benefits and introduce a “hotel tax” as she scrambles to fix the country’s finances.
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Small businesses could drive the growth Labour needs, but Rachel Reeves must foster a pro-business environment
The UK’s GDP contracting by 0.1% wasn’t the news anyone wanted.
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Reeves assures businesses of no further tax hikes while defending the Budget
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told businesses she is "not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes" as she defended the tax rises on businesses announced in the Budget.
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Winter fuel cut to push 50,000 into poverty next year
An additional 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty next year as a result of cuts to the winter fuel allowance, the government’s own estimates have revealed.
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UK’s Sainsbury’s warns that budget tax hikes will fuel inflation
The boss of British supermarket Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L), opens new tab said changes to national insurance made by the government in last week’s budget will add 140 million pounds ($181 million) to its tax bill next year and warned the move would be inflationary.
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Rachel Reeves has been criticized for a "missed opportunity" to generate £900 million in revenue from online casinos
Labour’s connections to the gambling industry are under scrutiny once more following the decision not to increase the tax rate for online gaming.
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Budget 2024: Major tax change impacts Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made a huge announcement on private jet passenger duty - and it will impact the likes of Rishi Sunak and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves confirms £40 billion tax rise after Conservative turmoil
Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs that there would be £40billion of tax rises included in this year’s Budget - blaming the Conservatives for failing to tackle the crisis in public services
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Sir Keir Starmer rejects accusations of waging a ’war on middle Britain’ through the budget
Labour’s loose definition of "working people" and its warnings of a "painful" budget next week have led some to believe the middle class will be heavily affected by tax hikes.
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Budget will restore significant cuts to the UK’s public investment, confirms Reeves
Chancellor pledges to spend, but says there will be no Truss-style splurge when she changes fiscal rules in budget
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Cabinet ministers are pushing back against the chancellor’s proposed cuts to their departments
Rachel Reeves aims to find £40bn in budget but several ministers have written to Keir Starmer about spending cuts
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Sir Keir Starmer refuses to rule out employer national insurance increases in the autumn budget
The prime minister promised to not increase national insurance for working people, but would not say if he would do the same for employers.
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Rachel Reeves has promised to intensify efforts against tax evaders to recover billions for public services
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set her sights on closing the £39.8billion tax gap by pursuing those who are avoiding or evading paying their fair share of tax.
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MPs accepted more than £700,000 in free gifts and hospitality last year
The controversy over freebies, such as tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and football games, has sparked calls for reform to MPs’ gift declarations and an overhaul of the ministerial code.
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Keir Starmer won’t accept future donations for clothes after freebies row
Keir Starmer caved to pressure following days of criticism over gifts from wealthy donors and will no longer take cash for clothes - along with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves
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Debt has reached 100% of national income for the first time since the 1960s, driven by increases in public sector pay
The latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics show that public sector net debt is 100% of the nation’s economic output.
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UK economy unexpectedly flatlines for second month in row
Pre-election slowdown continues in July despite economists predicting growth of 0.2%
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MPs approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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The TUC reports that over a million British workers did not receive a single day of paid time off
New trade union research reveals that employees have missed out on £2 billion in holiday pay.
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Campaigners suggest UK electric car drivers should be charged per mile
Rachel Reeves should reform vehicle taxes to fill £5bn ‘black hole’, says Campaign for Better Transport
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Labour donor steps down from Treasury role amid ’cronyism’ accusations
Ian Corfield resigns as adviser to Rachel Reeves as ministers deny favoring donors.
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Rachel Reeves plans to raise taxes and cut spending in the October budget
Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger-than-expected growth in first half of 2024