Rachel Reeves will seek to close £40bn Whitehall spending gap with range of potential measuresLabour has two aims in the budget: to make tax rises and spending cuts that close a spending gap in day-to-day Whitehall budgets...
Read MoreRachel Reeves urged to shelve fuel duty plans and overhaul taxes amid expected switch to electric vehiclesA pay-per-mile road pricing system must be brought in now, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank, which is urging the...
Read MoreRachel Reeves told to shelve plans for fuel duty and reform taxes amid expected switch to electric vehiclesA pay-per-mile road pricing system must be brought in now, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank which is urging the...
Read MoreCampaigners point out it is often cheaper to drive or even fly within the UK than take the trainFuel duty is expected to rise by up to 7p per litre after the budget, with speculation intensifying that the chancellor will restore...
Read MoreThe chancellor is aiming to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts to fill ‘black hole’ in public financesThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is exploring ways to raise billions of pounds extra in taxes at...
Read MoreExperts say ‘baffling’ lack of equivalent to fuel duty means motorists are more strongly taxed than private jet ownersCampaigners have urged the chancellor to start taxing jet fuel – with a report showing that...
Read MoreChancellor’s 5p freeze will save £60 a year for well-off motorists compared with just £22 for lower earnersRetaining the fuel duty cut in the budget is a regressive policy that benefits the wealthiest in...
Read MoreSlow-driving convoy caused long delays to those heading to Devon and Cornwall on the first day of the school holidaysProtesters campaigning against high fuel prices have disrupted holiday getaways to the south-west of England by...
Read MoreIt will soon be unviable for trawlers to leave the port, which in turn will threaten welders, fish processors, forklift drivers, restaurants and othersRising diesel prices could soon stop Britain’s fishing crews from...
Read MoreEU, legal experts and some Conservative MPs warn that move is illegal under international lawUK risks EU trade war as NId protocol bill is publishedIs NI protocol bill just ‘relatively trivial set of adjustments’?NI...
Read MoreLatest updates: prime minister dismisses claims that bill would be breach of international law; majority of MLAs call it ‘reckless’Northern Ireland protocol: how might EU respond to UK plans?First Rwanda deportation...
Read MoreLatest updates: prime minister dismisses claims that bill being published today would be breach of international law as DUP remain unconvincedNorthern Ireland protocol: how might EU respond to UK plans?First Rwanda deportation...
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