Budget 2024

Reeves and Starmer visit hospital

Reeves accepts tax-raising Budget likely to hit wage growth for workers

The chancellor tells the BBC businesses will have to absorb the costs of paying more National Insurance or give out smaller pay rises.

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10 February
Wine and spirits duty to rise but tax on a pint to fall
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31 January
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Heathrow's third runway can be built in 10 years, Reeves says
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30 January
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Care sector fears tax changes could threaten jobs
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30 January
What is a non-dom and how are the rules changing?
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23 January
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The chancellor reflects on 6 months in power and outlines her plan to 'turn things around'
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Employer's NI hike leaves council £1.5m worse off
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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17 January
Grangemouth closure and 'bruised' business confidence
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Tayside & Central Scotland
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13 January
Disability charity faces £1.4m Budget costs hike
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North Yorkshire
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18 December 2024
'We are in survival mode and firms will shut'
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Shropshire
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17 December 2024
National Insurance 'will put voluntary sector on its knees'
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Northern Ireland Politics
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15 December 2024
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Budget prompts hospice's urgent funding appeal
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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13 December 2024
'More restaurants and bars could shut without help'
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England
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13 December 2024
How many farms will be affected by Budget tax rises?
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10 December 2024
'It's scary' - businesses exchange challenges with chancellor
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7 December 2024