Budget 2024: £25bn tax rises needed to avoid austerity, think tank warns
Rachel Reeves could be forced to raise billions of pounds in additional tax revenue if she wishes to…
Budget 2024
Budget 2024: FBU warns Tory austerity ‘needs to stop’ to rebuild fire services
The Fire Brigades Union has called on the government to rebuild the nation’s fire service after more than…
Budget 2024: What do trade unions hope to see from Chancellor Rachel Reeves?
With the Budget now only a matter of weeks away, trade unions are making their views known about…
FBU to hold mass rally in Westminster to call for ‘service resilient for future’
One of Britain’s leading trade unions will be hosting a mass rally in Westminster next Tuesday. The Fire…
Conference 2024: Rachel Reeves pledges “a Budget to rebuild Britain” and condemns Tory waste
Conference, thank you. This time last year, I stood on this stage and I made a commitment. I promised…
Budget 2024: ‘Labour’s clean growth revolution needs investment now’
Rachel Reeves will deliver the new Government’s first Budget on 30 October, constrained by a challenging environment for…
‘Labour’s desire to avoid tax-and-spend presents many constraints’
In his last budget before the general election, chancellor Jeremy Hunt proved the rule that this grandstand “fiscal…
‘Budget austerity means Labour will desperately need growth – but how?’
Forecasts, in politics and economics alike, are a risky business. However, it’s probably safe to predict, that this…
Budget 2024: Read Keir Starmer speech in full attacking Tory ‘Chuckle Brothers of decline’
This is a copy of Labour leader Keir Starmer’s 2024 Budget speech as written (rather than delivered) for…
Budget 2024: What is Labour’s stance on key Tory claims and policies?
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s 2024 Budget the “last desperate act of a party…
