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Catch the latest Financial News EventsRachel 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 notRachel Reeves’s chancellorship was already balanced on a knife-edge, even before the 2025 budget. After she delivered her second budget...
‘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 themWhat the budget means for people on a range of incomesBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offFor Brett and Maria MacDonald, the cost of living...
Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break
Treasury says concession could be worth £30m next year and then £70m annually until 2030Rachel 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...
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What...