Rachel Reeves 'will have to hike taxes AGAIN' as Trump smashes her Spring Statement plans with 25% import tariffs on all foreign cars from April 2… but Chancellor says she is still pleading for an exemption

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 16:23 UTC

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Donald Trump delivered the latest salvo in his burgeoning trade war hours after the Chancellor laid out her fiscal plans.

Fresh raid on pension pots, two more years of 'stealth' tax threshold freeze, or a wealth tax: IFS warns Brits face being battered by Reeves AGAIN in Autumn as her spending plans are unrealistic

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 16:23 UTC

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The IFS highlighted extending the freeze on tax thresholdsas a potential 'easy political win' for the Chancellor, suggesting it could raise an extra £10billion.

ALEX BRUMMER: The Office for Budget Responsibility must be stripped of its powers or all our wallets will suffer

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

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ALEX BRUMMER: Of all the blunders Rachel Reeves has made since becoming Chancellor, none has been greater than her empowerment of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

Rachel Reeves branded delusional for claiming to be restoring economic stability - despite growth forecast slashed in half and MORE tax rises likely to come

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

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On a humiliating day for the Chancellor, she was forced to deliver a £14 billion package of emergency spending cuts to avoid breaking fiscal rules she wrote herself only five months ago.

Rachel Reeves allocates £2.2bn to turn UK into a 'defence superpower' - but Tories say it's not enough

found 2025 › Mar › 27 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

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The Chancellor promised to spend 'a minimum of 10 per cent' of the Ministry of Defence's equipment budget on 'novel technologies' such as artificial intelligence and drones.

BBC Verify: How did Rachel Reeves make her sums add up?

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 19:45 UTC

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BBC Verify's Ben Chu looks at how the Chancellor managed to stick to her fiscal rules in the Spring Statement, despite a jump in borrowing costs for the Government.

Spring statement: Reeves blames ‘global uncertainty’ for deeper spending cuts

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 17:46 UTC

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Chancellor says tougher measures required to plug fiscal hole after Treasury watchdog halves 2025 growth forecast

Spring statement: key points
Analysis: Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal …

The six best EVs that dodge Rachel Reeves' electric car tax raid from April - saving buyers over £2,000

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 17:46 UTC

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The Chancellor's car tax sting on EVs from 1 April will have major cost implications for buyers of new battery cars costing over £40k. Here's six of the best options below that price point.

Civil service faces £2bn cuts with '50,000 jobs to go' as Rachel Reeves fights to balance books... but it will STILL be bigger than before Brexit vote

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 17:46 UTC

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is telling departments to cut their admin budgets - such as for HR, policy advice and office management - by 15 per cent.

Rachel Reeves announces MORE welfare cuts after watchdog judges Chancellor's previous benefits squeeze (announced only last week) was worth billions LESS than thought

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 17:46 UTC

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The Chancellor put a further squeeze on benefits after the Office for Budget Responsibility said her previous action would not save as much as she'd hoped.