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Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25

The chancellor's Budget contained a slew of measures which will impact young people specifically.

14 minutes ago

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Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25

BBC

'I earn £20,000 and live with my son. The Budget means we will pay more tax'

BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they think of the Budget.

8 hours ago

BBC

'I earn £20,000 and live with my son. The Budget means we will pay more tax'

BBC

Isas, cars and pensions: How the Budget affects you

The Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves will affect you and your finances. Here's how.

18 hours ago

BBC

Isas, cars and pensions: How the Budget affects you

BBC

The Papers: 'High welfare, high tax' and 'Budget goes as billed'

Budget highlights, lowlights, and an OBR blunder lead all the front pages in Thursday's papers.

3 hours ago

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The Papers: 'High welfare, high tax' and 'Budget goes as billed'

BBC

Budget 2025: Key points at a glance

Changes to tax, pensions and welfare - here’s what you need to know from Rachel Reevesher second Budget.

13 hours ago

BBC

Budget 2025: Key points at a glance

The Guardian

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood | Martin Kettle

The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not Rachel Reeves’s chancellorship was already balanced on a knife-edge, even before the 2025 budget. After she delivered her second budget statement, it still is. Even ...

2 hours ago

The Guardian

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood | Martin Kettle

The Guardian

Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds Analysis: ‘Tax-raising budget crash-lands on struggling economy’ Budget 2025: key points at a glance Budget 2025: what it means for you Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest ...

12 hours ago

The Guardian

Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

The Guardian

‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025

As they struggle with the cost of living, people weigh up whether Rachel Reeves’s measures will help them What the budget means for people on a range of incomes Budget calculator: find out if you are better or worse off For Brett and Maria MacDonald, the cost of living has been biting this year, ...

2 hours ago

The Guardian

‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025

The Independent

Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves admits ‘working people will pay more’ but denies breaking manifesto tax pledge

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

28 minutes ago

The Independent

Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves admits ‘working people will pay more’ but denies breaking manifesto tax pledge

The Independent

Martin Lewis issues verdict on Rachel Reeves’s £26bn tax-raising budget

The chancellor unveiled £26 billion worth of tax hikes to close a large hole in the public finances

8 hours ago

The Independent

Martin Lewis issues verdict on Rachel Reeves’s £26bn tax-raising budget

BBC

Chris Mason: Reeves chooses to tax big and spend big

In a Budget dogged by months of leaks, Labour hopes its big tax and spend plans pay off.

2 hours ago

Chris Mason: Reeves chooses to tax big and spend big

BBC

Faisal Islam: The real reason Reeves is making you pay more tax

This is about buying breathing space, politically and economically. The two factors are now inseparable.

13 hours ago

Faisal Islam: The real reason Reeves is making you pay more tax

The Guardian

‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise

Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough In the leafy London borough of Richmond, on the south-western fringes of the capital, there was quiet resignation at the chancellor’s announcement of a “mansion tax” on ...

2 hours ago

‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise

The Guardian

Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break

Treasury says concession could be worth £30m next year and then £70m annually until 2030 Rachel Reeves has eased inheritance tax on agricultural property after pressure from farmers. As the chancellor made her budget speech on Wednesday, the Treasury announced changes it said could save farmers ...

2 hours ago

Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break

The Independent

Jeremy Corbyn slams Labour’s Budget as he issues tax warning

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Rachel Reeves of not going far enough to tax high earners in her Budget.

11 hours ago

Jeremy Corbyn slams Labour’s Budget as he issues tax warning

The Independent

Millions more dragged into paying higher income tax in Reeves’s £26bn Budget squeeze

Chancellor admits ‘I am asking ordinary people to pay a little more’ as she unveils dozens of tax rises, but finally scraps the much-criticised two-child benefit cap

11 hours ago

Millions more dragged into paying higher income tax in Reeves’s £26bn Budget squeeze

The Independent

From mansion tax to cash ISA changes: Key announcements in Reeves’ Budget

The chancellor has unveiled £26bn worth of tax rises in the Commons as she attempts to plug a multi-billion pound gap in Britain’s ailing public finances

15 hours ago

From mansion tax to cash ISA changes: Key announcements in Reeves’ Budget

The Independent

Tax calculator: See how Rachel Reeves’ Budget will affect you

Use our Budget calculator to determine whether Reeves’ package of measures will leave you better or worse off

15 hours ago

Tax calculator: See how Rachel Reeves’ Budget will affect you

The Independent

Budget 2025: 1.7 million workers to pay more income tax due to Reeves’s ‘stealth tax’

It will mean £140 more in tax for hundreds of thousands of earners

15 hours ago

Budget 2025: 1.7 million workers to pay more income tax due to Reeves’s ‘stealth tax’

The Guardian

Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department

Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil The government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department ...

2 hours ago

Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department

The Independent

Rachel Reeves dodges question on her future after Budget unveiled

Rachel Reeves dodged a question about whether she would still be chancellor at the next general election after unveiling a package of £26bn tax hikes in the Budget.

15 hours ago

Rachel Reeves dodges question on her future after Budget unveiled

The Independent

Badenoch takes aim at Reeves over chancellor’s complaints of misogyny

Kemi Badenoch used her Bidget speech to launch an extraordinary attack on Ms Reeves, accusing her of ‘whining’ over sexism claims

15 hours ago

Badenoch takes aim at Reeves over chancellor’s complaints of misogyny

The Independent

‘I can’t afford to keep my heating on overnight - Reeves’ Budget doesn’t do enough for pensioners’

Elaine Yates says the cost of living for pensioners is not matched by government support after Rachel Reeves announced her second Budget

15 hours ago

‘I can’t afford to keep my heating on overnight - Reeves’ Budget doesn’t do enough for pensioners’

The Independent

Voices: ‘A kick in the teeth’: Readers say Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘punishes responsibility’

Our community overwhelmingly feel the Budget prioritises Labour’s political goals over public needs, hitting already-squeezed taxpayers with steep rises while offering little confidence in meaningful economic improvement

16 hours ago

Voices: ‘A kick in the teeth’: Readers say Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘punishes responsibility’

BBC

How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay

The point at which you start to pay tax, and the point where you tip into paying a higher rate of tax have been frozen for three more years.

15 hours ago

How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay

The Independent

‘I’m a landlord - renters will pay the price for Labour’s war on landlords’

Deshal Raja says landlords are an easy target for the government

13 hours ago

‘I’m a landlord - renters will pay the price for Labour’s war on landlords’

The Independent

Deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani scolds Labour over early Budget briefings

The Deputy Speaker has condemned the government for extensively speaking to the media in the weeks leading up to the Budget.

15 hours ago

Deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani scolds Labour over early Budget briefings

Sky News

Labour's credibility may not be recoverable after this

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put up taxes on working people - that their manifesto plans for government were fully costed and, with the tax burden at a 70-year high, they were not in the business of raising ...

11 hours ago

Labour's credibility may not be recoverable after this

Sky News

This town placed its trust in Labour - and some feel betrayed

Hitchin in Hertfordshire does well in the polls.

17 hours ago

This town placed its trust in Labour - and some feel betrayed

Sky News

'Sticking to Labour manifesto pledge costs millions of workers' - influential thinktank

Sticking to Labour's manifesto pledge and freezing income tax thresholds rather than raising income tax has hurt low- and middle-income earners, an influential thinktank has said.

2 hours ago

'Sticking to Labour manifesto pledge costs millions of workers' - influential thinktank