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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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
Waspi women criticise Budget compensation snub
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Tyne
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1 November
Farmers mull selling or protests over tax change
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England
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1 November
Speed urged over blood scandal Budget compensation
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England
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1 November
Rachel Reeves doesn’t mind if you don't like her Budget
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Business
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31 October
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Welsh ministers' finances transformed, say experts
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Wales
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31 October
'I might have to let staff go after Budget NI hike'
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Hereford & Worcester
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31 October
I might not have children due to inheritance tax change
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Wales
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31 October
Child benefit reform plans scrapped
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Business
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31 October
Casement Park to cost 'significantly' less, says GAA president
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Northern Ireland
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31 October
Workers warned Budget tax rises will hit their wages
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Business
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31 October
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Budget limits options for youth, says pub landlord
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Northamptonshire
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31 October
Six ways the Budget will affect you if you're under 25
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Business
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31 October
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Labour budget sets the scene for 2026 Holyrood election
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Scotland Politics
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31 October
School leaders know fixing problems a marathon, not a sprint
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Family & Education
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31 October
How much is child benefit worth and who can claim it?
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Business
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31 October
'No plans' for national insurance rises - Treasury
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Isle of Man
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31 October
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close
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Politics
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31 October
Benn says majority of NI farms unaffected by Budget
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Northern Ireland Politics
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31 October
MP 'will fight' decision to cancel roundabout work
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Norfolk
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31 October
Treasury must compensate Scotland for tax hike - Robison
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Scotland Politics
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31 October
Budget is a 'kick in the teeth' for gift firm
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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31 October