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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England
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29 October
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Kent
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29 October
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'It's tough out there': Young people on the Budget
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Birmingham & Black Country
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Oxford
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Business
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England
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Pub landlord fears Budget may cost him £24K a year
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England
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Tax rises needed to avert austerity, Starmer says
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Business
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28 October
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GMB warns over potential nuclear plant Budget cuts
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Cumbria
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Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising Budget will affect you for years
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Business
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Call for major change in approach to housebuilding
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North Yorkshire
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'A tax hike will hurt my small business'
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London
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School meals and winter fuel - your views on the Budget
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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No new freeports in Budget after 'comms cock-up'
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Business
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27 October
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What can Wales expect from the Budget next week?
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Wales
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27 October
No tax rises in payslips for 'working people', vows minister
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Politics
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27 October
Reeves pledges £1.4bn for 'crumbling' classrooms
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Family & Education
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27 October
Can Rachel Reeves use her defining Budget to escape UK's 'doom loop'?
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BBC InDepth
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26 October
Cost of housing homeless people in London £4m a day
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London
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25 October
Starmer attempts to define 'working people' tax pledge
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Politics
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25 October
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Rachel Reeves: Playing Labour's first big gambit
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Business
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25 October
Minister asked five times if landlords count as 'working people' Video, 00:01:37
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Politics
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25 October
How will Scotland plug gaping holes in infrastructure plans?
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Scotland Business
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25 October
Chancellor's constituents outline Budget wish list
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West Yorkshire
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25 October