There’s a council tax hit coming to millions – thanks to a decade of broke local authorities

The Budget: the main points The Chancellor majored on ...

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

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

All chancellors are adept at giving with one hand and taking with another. Rachel Reeves is no exception. In last week’s Budget, she handed small businesses in England a seemingly attractive cut in th

December 2025

Tractor turmoil: a last-minute ban on agricultural vehicles ...