Chancellor Rachel Reeves is seeking to calm the markets and provide reassurance of the UK’s stability after her Budget borrowing spree sparked jitters. The Budget increased state spending by ...

Labour MP Mary Glindon has hit out at the vape liquid tax rise (Nick Ansell/PA) A Labour MP has hit out at the Chancellor’s tax increase on vape liquid, warning it will discourage people from ...

Opening a Commons Budget debate on Thursday, the Conservative shadow chancellor confessed he liked “neither” the 2022 mini-budget during Liz Truss’s premiership nor the tax and spend plans ...

The Chancellor has now delivered her blockbuster Budget that she said will raise taxes by £40bn. Family wealth held in pensions has come under a shock attack in Rachel Reeves’s Budget as the ...

Inflation and mortgage costs are on track to be higher than previously expected due to the Chancellor’s spending and borrowing plans, according to the fiscal watchdog. Chancellor Rachel Reeves ...

The Scottish Government will receive the largest real-terms funding settlement in the history of devolution, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said as she challenged SNP ministers to use the cash ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the first Labour Budget since 2010 to the House of Commons on Wednesday. The Budget says: “In 2025-26, the (FCDO) settlement provides an increase in funding to ...

A funding boost for the NHS will help get waiting lists back to a maximum of 18 weeks, the Chancellor has said. Rachel Reeves said a £22.6 billion increase in the day-to-day health budget was a ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said air passenger duty (APD) will rise, adding up to £2 to the cost of an economy ticket for a short-haul flight. Private jet users will be hit by a 50% hike in APD ...

She is the UK’s first female Chancellor so it will be a historic moment when she stands up at the Despatch Box. The Speaker, who currently is Sir Lindsay Hoyle, often allows PMQs to overrun to ...

Plans to rebuild a hospital containing concrete at risk of collapse “will continue at pace”, the Chancellor has promised. West Suffolk Hospital was said to have a significant amount of Raac ...

In just a few hours, Rachel Reeves is poised to deliver the first Labour Budget in close to 15 years. The new Chancellor has pledged that her inaugural Budget will bring more "pounds in pockets" and ...