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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Treasury should have declared overspend by law - OBR
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Business
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6 November
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Actor launching playwright contest to fund theatre
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Norfolk
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6 November
Moral Maze. VAT on private school fees: justice or spite? Audio, 57 minutes
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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BBC Radio 4
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How are the vaping rules changing?
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Health
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5 November
Opposition scaremongering on farm tax changes - FM
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Wales
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5 November
MP warns of farmers’ inheritance tax change fears
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Northamptonshire
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5 November
Flambards closure sparks fears over NI impact
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Cornwall
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5 November
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Council loses £5m arts funding promised in Budget
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Northamptonshire
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5 November
GP warns tax hikes will put strain on surgeries
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Northamptonshire
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4 November
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£80m pot for Tata workers 'unfunded' - minister
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Wales
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4 November
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Reeves 'not immune' to criticism over NI hike
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Business
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3 November
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No farm inheritance tax U-turn - Welsh secretary
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Wales
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3 November
Budget day 2024 was different
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Northern Ireland Politics
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3 November
Badenoch's win and Labour's big Budget mean we now have sharper left-right divide
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BBC InDepth
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2 November
'Farmers might be asset-rich but we're cash-poor'
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Suffolk
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2 November
Investors' reaction to Budget 'very different' to Truss
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Business
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1 November
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GPs demand protection from Budget tax hike
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Politics
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1 November
Budget confirmation for £20m town centre plans
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Tees
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1 November
Budget gives £10m towards Cambridge housing plan
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Cambridgeshire
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1 November
Pub landlord 'insulted' by 1p beer duty change
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Cornwall
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1 November
GPs and care homes fear impact of National Insurance rise
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Politics
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1 November
Budget is 'deeply disappointing' - council leader
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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1 November
'Inheritance tax change will cripple family farms'
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Lincolnshire
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1 November
Budget good news for council's funding gap
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Cornwall
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1 November