Rachel Reeves vows to 'grip the cost of living' - despite expectation of tax rises in budget

Britain must make things again

After weeks of briefings we are braced for a “cost of living” budget tomorrow. That is unsurprising – it is almost always voters’ top concern. The Chancellor has to respond. But this must go further than short-term measures to cut bills. Our cost-of-living crisis is driven by a crisis of production – something recognised by post-war politicians but lost in recent decades.  From today’s vantage point, the post-war settlement appears one of remark…

Personal tax threshold minimum wage £759 update as change 'in days'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly about to freeze income tax thresholds including the lowest £12,570 for two more years

Personal tax threshold minimum wage £759 update as change 'in days'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly about to freeze income tax thresholds including the lowest £12,570 for two more years

The Chancellor's Red Box: Why is it used for the Autumn Budget?

The red box being hauled out often means one thing… tax hikes (Picture: Getty) To stand in front of No.11 with a red box held high and cameras flashing is a rite of passage for British chancellors heading to the House of Commons to deliver their annual Budget statement. Rachel Reeves has joined them before, stepping up to the despatch box to tell us all how much tax we’ll have to cough up over the next 12 months—including changes to the minimum …

Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget could see pensioners paying income tax by 2030 - Birmingham Live

Around 10 million pensioners could be victim to income tax if the Chancellor extends the freeze on income tax thresholds for another two years

Richard Murphy: What Scotland needs from the Budget (but won’t get)

There is one thing that can be said for sure about Rachel Reeves’s Budget on Wednesday and that is that there will be remarkably few references to…