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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Chancellor beat expectations on raising tax and raising borrowing
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Scotland Business
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Welsh ex-miners welcome Budget pension payout
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Wales
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Essex
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Berkshire
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Coal tip activist's guarded welcome for £25m
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Budget concerns over city's planned gigafactory
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Coventry & Warwickshire
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'Budget is encouraging but there's uncertainty'
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Derby
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Business owners display mixed reaction to Budget
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Norfolk
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31 October
A change-making Budget and a moment of jeopardy
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NHS funding welcome but small businesses concerned
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Rail fares set to rise in England next year
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UK
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This is not a Budget we want to repeat, says Reeves
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Businesses worry Budget will increase their problems
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Northern Ireland
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Extra £1.7bn for Welsh government in UK Budget
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Wales
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Warning 'pain' of tax hikes to hit jobs and pay rises
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Budget 2024: Key points at a glance
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Business
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HS2 Euston link funding announced in Budget
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London
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Where is the growth in Reeves' 'Budget for growth'?
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Business
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NHS, schools, transport: Where Budget pledges are being spent
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Politics
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Budget boost to UK economy forecast to fade after two years
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Business
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30 October
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Henry Zeffman: How this Budget could change your life. Video, 00:01:24
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Politics
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Stamp duty tax on second homes to rise
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Politics
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£20m confirmed to 'revitalise' town centre
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Tees
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