Rachel Reeves
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Andy Burnham told to give £360 to households this winter on 4 DWP benefits
The DWP currently pays out a £150 Warm Home Discount to help households on benefits
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Burnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would see ‘chunky cuts’ to public services
Leading think tank IFS the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned chancellor John Healey against making the Budget ‘a work of fiction’
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Iran war threatens Healey's Budget plans, think tank warns
The impact of the Iran war poses significant risks for the government’s spending plans, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.
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New Cash ISA rule for DWP state pensioners confirmed under Andy Burnham
Cash ISA limits will be cut to just £12,000, down from their current £20,000, as of April 2027
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No10 considering mayor powers that could speed up West Yorkshire trams 'by years'
A new paper from the Centre for British Progress and ThinkLabour has found that handing over bureaucratic approvals could cut the West Yorkshire tram timetable by several years.
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M&S boss tells Healey to ‘take the handcuffs of Britain’ weeks before Budget
Stuart Machin urged John Healey to undo the ‘disastrous’ decisions made in Labour’s previous two Budgets
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‘Ease the burden’: John Healey urged to cut taxes on high street shops
Chancellor John Healey has been urged to “ease the burden” on high street shops in this month’s Budget.
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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition
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Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn
Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship starts
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Labour chair of housing committee calls for urgent funds for affordable homes in England
Exclusive: Abena Oppong-Asare urges chancellor to unlock billions of pounds, as housing associations say they could build 41,000 homes in 10 years
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgets
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Here’s what the Budget could mean for your taxes
Experts predict income tax and capital gains tax changes in John Healey’s Autumn Budget this month
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Senior Tory's plan to block mega solar farms on prime agricultural land
The Government has said: “The biggest threat to agriculture and nature is the climate crisis.”
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Tories pledge to halve employer national insurance for young people
The flat rate would be slashed from 15% to 7.5% for workers aged 21 to 24 at an estimated cost of £2.3 billion, the Conservatives said.
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Labour continues to treat rural communities with contempt - Andrew Vine
What hope can there be for the Yorkshire countryside and its people when a government minister speaks of rural communities with open contempt?
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Jeremy Clarkson: farmers are being attacked from everywhere
Jeremy Clarkson has appeared on stage at the Conservative Party Conference as he said farmers were being “attacked” from every angle by rising costs.
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Jeremy Clarkson says farmers being attacked ‘from everywhere’ amid ‘terrible’ year
The star of Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime asked: ‘Why would anybody set up a business in this country right now?’
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Tories pledge to scrap mansion tax along with 'bonfire of red tape'
The Conservatives’ economic chief has promised to cut one tax every year if the party returns to power, following in the footsteps of one of the party’s Treasury grandees.
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Jeremy Clarkson makes surprise appearance at Tory conference
The former Top Gear presenter and star of Clarkson's Farm also said farmers were being "attacked" from every angle.
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Conservatives would abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency
Victoria Atkins also spoke about inheritance tax in her speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
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Andrew Griffith to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Britain’s second richest person leaves UK for Monaco
His departure is the latest among several since Labour came into power
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Farmers shrinking their businesses over Labour's inheritance tax, poll reveals
The CLA polling, which had some 700 respondents, found that some people are trying to reduce the value of their businesses to avoid unaffordable inheritance tax bills.
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DWP state pensioners under 77 can get extra £965.20 payment
Some pensioners may have received two scheduled State Pension payments in September
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UKREiiF departure: event shows Leeds is 'ready to host major political conference'
UKREiiF organisers have announced that next year will be the last to be held in Leeds, with the conference moving to Liverpool from 2028.
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Warning of 'real impact' of overnight visitor levy on Scarborough and Whitby
York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith has pledged to introduce a European-style overnight visitor levy to the region to help fund community infrastructure and improve transport.
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New UK gas and oil projects are a ‘no-brainer’, says EDF boss
Developing North Sea fields does not contradict net zero goals, according to Simone Rossi
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Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.
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Why you could pay income tax on your state pension even if the triple lock ends
Some pensioners will be dragged into paying income tax – but there are exemptions
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‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reforms
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guarantee
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Healey sets out plan for ‘new age of industrialisation’ to boost economy
Chancellor John Healey used his Labour Party conference speech to try to revive confidence in the UK economy.
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‘We have to bring the benefits bill down’: Healey signals return to welfare reform
John Healey told the Labour Party conference that it is not progressive ‘to allow a bigger and bigger benefits’ bill warning that it was ‘immoral’ to leave young people on welfare dependency
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Labour conference: Cutting benefits is ‘moral duty’ says Healey
The chancellor told delegates at Labour conference that there is ‘nothing progressive’ about a ballooning welfare bill
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Healey needs to cut welfare. But he’s learnt from Starmer’s failures
The chancellor used his Labour conference speech to retable Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts – but in an authentic Labour way, political editor David Maddox writes
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Healey tells party conference that money New Labour had in 1990s ‘is simply not there now’ – UK politics live
Chancellor blames austerity, Brexit and Truss’s mini-budget for current poor levels of growth compared to under his predecessor, Gordon Brown
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Healey sets out plan for ‘new age of industrialisation’ to boost economy
Chancellor John Healey used his Labour Party conference speech to try to revive confidence in the UK economy.
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British chess prodigy, 11, becomes youngest woman grandmaster in history
The self-taught prodigy is now chasing a full grandmaster title at the age of 11
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Budget 2026: The two big calls Chancellor John Healey has to make
He must consider the longevity of Iran war economic pressures and how to sustain modest optimism, writes the BBC's Faisal Islam.
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Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years
The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".
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Heathrow’s third runway delayed as new target deadline revealed
The government has been told sticking to the original 2035 deadline is not possible
