Issue of the week: a Budget for business? ...

The past week has been “pivotal” for this government, says Tim Shipman in The Spectator. It turns out that growth is not, as it claims, its “top priority”, nor is the cost of living or protecting “wor

What happened In a series of media briefings, the ...

Taxes are up – a lot: another £26bn a year by 2029, drawing millions more into higher tax bands. That’s almost as big as the £32bn raised in last autumn’s Budget, with its job-destroying increase on e

Many commentators are describing Rachel Reeves as “Britain’s worst ever chancellor”. She has made a strong start, we’ll give her that. But she is still, in our view, some way from winning that accolad

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